Trade agreements
Trade agreements between restaurants and local organizations promote a fair compensation that recognizes the actions taken by grassroots organizations in favor of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Restaurants and local organizations sign and implement these agreements to sustainably manage coastal and marine ecosystems. They establish a strategic network to engage in a process whose priority is the sustainability of natural resources.
Commitment of local producers and consumers (restaurants) to produce and offer high quality fish products.
Following a code for responsible fisheries (i.e. compliance to minimum sizes of fish) leads to high quality of fish products, generate economic benefits to local communities and positive impacts on the environmental status.
The communities are willing to generate conservation mechanisms such as protected area, but to organize and implement the agreement takes time and resources.