Abstract

With the aim of guaranteeing the governance of coastal marine resources at the local level by strengthening the links between local authorities and users of the fishing resource, the Center for Marine Studies (CEM) in Honduras promoted as a management tool the creation of a Mayor´s Network for the Conservation of Fisheries Resources throughout the Caribbe-an of Honduras, a space where mayors of four provinces converge and where information about the state of fishery re-sources and the alternatives of sustainable management of them is disseminated uniformly. Between February and June 2018, fourteen mayors signed the Pact for the Conservation of Natural Resources of the Caribbean of Honduras, agreement which they committed to support the declaration and management of Fishery Recovery Zones (FRZ), as well to promote initiatives focused in sustainable development of the small scale fishing sector. Since the signing of the Pact, one of the signatory municipalities has achieved the declaration of two FRZ by municipal ordinance and another four are promoting the process of declaration of new ones. Additionally, they have also supported the collection of biological and socioeco-nomic data from the areas with potential to be declared FRZ and the management of funds to ensure their financial sustain-ability.

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