Abstract

As part of the strategy to develop economically viable and community-supported sustainable fisheries. WWF-NL is active in the Dutch Caribbean municipality Bonaire. The success of these activities is dependent on participation and support from the fisheries community itself. which has not been forthcoming in the past. In this context. WWF-NL worked on the establishment of a fisheries cooperation on Bonaire. Working closely with local fishermen. as well as other stake-holders responsible for (sustainable) management of the fisheries sector. we identified. analyzed. and sought for solutions for the bottlenecks inhibiting the co-management of the sector. Co-management was concluded to be a preferred method to achieve successful and effective fisheries management on the island. However. the conditions for effective co-management system were yet to put in place. We examined how the presence or absence of these a fishery cooperative affected the implementation journey of co-management on Bonaire.

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