Payment scheme for environmental services as a management strategy to regulate artisanal fishing in the Integrated Management District Cispata, Colombia

Abstract

M arine food the decrease provision and coastalin fishing being ecosystems one resources, of the are most characterizedartisanal important. fishermenas In highly 2018, signedproductive in agreements the Cispata areasfor Integrated inthetermsrecovery of Management the benefits of the resource;they District providehowever, (DMI to Cispata), humanity,they have due withnot to been implemented for various reasons. This study shows the viability of a Payment Scheme for Environmental Services as an alternative to induce compliance with fishing agreements. The analysis developed here indicates that the DMI Cispata fulfills the necessary conditions to implement this economic instrument benefiting 20 fishing organizations in the area.