| Summary | The process to establish the Paquera-Tambor AMPR began in 2011 and was legally approved in 2014. Paquera-Tambor has a diversity of actor groups involved (A1a), including fishers, a free divers’ association, non-fisher communities, tour- ism chambers, industrial fishers, governmental agencies and NGOs. The pur- pose of initial participatory meetings was to discuss the types of gear restrictions organized by zones within the AMPR, and the types of activities allowed within each zone (GS4) (i.e. which actor group could conduct activities in each zone). The AMPR was marked with buoys, and was divided into three sectors: Tambor, Paquera and Playa Blanca, with 14 zones distributed among them (GS4a). Local actors agreed to manage and look after their own sectors (I3). Moreover, plans were included to build collection centers in each of the three sectors (I5). In addi- tion to the collection centers, a processing plant was planned, to be built and managed by the AMPR cooperative to process their own seafood products to add additional value (RU4a). The cooperative was also created to manage a common fund to be given as a form of loan to fishers in case of emergency, as a form of social insurance (I5), or to sell equipment to fishers at lower prices. |
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