A community-based catch-monitoring programme is designed to document the quantities of fish and lobster harvested in the area. This type of data creates (and constantly updates) a reference point, meeting the information requirements of decision-makers and managers of the marine reserve.
- The support of the Instituto Nazca de Investigaciones Marinas with the financial collaboration of Conservation International to establish a monitoring system and the analysis of the information derived.
- Authorities willing to include the information of the monitoring into decision making and continuous and up-to-date information of the monitoring database.
- Participation of the fishermen in generating and sharing information on their catches.
It is important to have technical support for a long-term monitoring process to establish a continuous monitoring system. This means, not only including and analysing new Information on fisheries but also communicating information and results back to the commnunities to suppport the empowerment and ownership of the fishermen in this process. It is important that the actual resource users are involved in the process and understand their contributions to the fishing monitoring results.