Replace harmful fishing gear and protect critical no-take areas
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Adopt species-safe fishing gear and enforce targeted no-take areas where threatened animals feed, breed or migrate to reduce capture and bycatch mortality.
Government of Mexico with fishing communities and conservation partners · Region
PACE-Vaquita sought to eliminate vaquita bycatch by enforcing gillnet restrictions, withdrawing fishing effort, testing alternative gear and compensating fishers. The IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group reports that 230 arti…
Artisanal boats withdrawn from fishing230boats
Artisanal boats participating in gear replacement105boats
$26M · Government of Mexico conservation expenditure reported before 2015 · 3 sources