The participation of women, youth and children from Tumaradó in different activities related to fishery resource monitoring is clear and marked. Some women are in charge of handling and arranging the fish and are involved in commercialization and value-added activities such as cleaning and gutting the fish. Some women have been involved in monitoring because of their participation in fish cleaning activities. They also play a leading role in gastronomy, participate in meetings, workshops and environmental education activities, support the implementation and logistics of cultural events, and support their husbands and fathers in carrying out their activities.

Generally, there are two women from the community on the team, and others are involved in the different activities, for example, as collectors of fishing information and facilitators of the agreement: accompanying fishing operations to verify compliance with the provisions of the agreement.

For their part, the children support the landing of hydrobiological resources, in addition to accompanying their parents to throw the nets during fishing operations, and participate in workshops and different spaces for socialization of the monitoring results, allowing the generation of knowledge and wisdom.

Within the framework of the use and management agreement, the fishermen of the Tumaradó area provide information on the species caught, the type of gear used, the expenses incurred in the process, the weight and size of the species caught, the site of capture, the total and effective time per fishing operation, the state of sexual maturity, the state of each organism (whole, eviscerated), the type of boat and propulsion, as well as the number of fishermen, for 15 days a month; In addition, two follow-up visits to the agreements and two monthly monitoring visits to the fishing operations are carried out.These activities are carried out in order to know the status of the fishery resource and thus be able to make decisions on its management.

The works were carried out progressively: 3 phases spread over 3 years to achieve the desired structure and respect the ecological dynamics of the site, given that the stations are different according to altitude.

During a 14-day field mission on the island of Grande Glorieuse, the GCOI's scientific coordinator deployed three different scientific protocols aimed at improving knowledge of the island's potential chiropteran species, and in particular of the Mauritian Taphien, whose presence has been confirmed.

The first phase involved active acoustic transects across the entire island, to identify areas frequented by the Mauritius Taphenid and any other bat species. Based on the results of this listening, visual surveys were carried out in frequented areas (notably coconut groves) to identify roosting areas and assess the numbers of the Mauritius Taphenid population. Capture sessions were then carried out in these roosting areas to collect genetic samples from the Mauritius taphid individuals captured. Subsequent genetic studies will be carried out on these samples, in partnership with PIMIT, to improve our knowledge of the species' biogeographical distribution and assess the potential role of Grande Glorieuse in this.

On each island concerned by the project, 2 SongMeter mini bat ultrasonic recorders were deployed during 2 listening sessions by 7 agents from the Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, previously trained by the GCOI in their use. The two listening sessions took place in winter (December-January) and austral summer (July-August), based on knowledge of the Taphien of Mauritius. Positioned for 5 nights, in 4 pre-selected habitat types, 20 listening nights per recorder and per session were recorded. In all, 240 listening nights were recorded on all the islands.

Sampling plans were based on data on the different types of environment present on the three islands, supplied by the Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarin.

Once the recordings had been retrieved, the data were processed using a fixed-point protocol derived from the VigieChiro system managed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, enabling the chiropteran species recorded in the sound files to be determined. Once the sounds had been processed automatically, a manual acoustic analysis was carried out by GCOI employees to identify any species not detected by the software.

Development of an action plan after the SAGE process was very crucial as it ensured that recommendations provided in the SAGE process were addressed in a systematic and targeted manner whereby key stakeholders who participated in the SAGE process were also engaged in the action planning process hence, they drew the roadmap for implementation of those recommendations.

In addition, recommendations which came out of the SAGE process informed Honeyguide on areas of priority in designing WMA governance capacity building programs.

The S.C.P.P. Vigía Chico, which is immersed in the fishery improvement project, has been developing good practices to achieve sustainable fishing, but fishing had been perceived and managed only as an extractive activity, and not as a complex system that encompasses other stages along the value network. It was on this basis that the cooperatives began to analyze and diagnose the participation by gender in each link of the value network. Thus, it was possible to visualize that the composition of the links encompasses activities in which women play a crucial role not only because they perform the activity itself (e.g., administration, transportation, processing, marketing, storage, landing, preparation of supplies) but also because the complementary activities (e.g., generation of citizen science, provision of services, family support) play an important role in achieving the objectives of resource conservation and sustainable fishing.

The Toledo Institute for Development and Environment was established in 1997 by local communities in southern Belize to combat illegal fishing and harvesting of the West Indian Manatee. The organization aims to strengthen natural resource management and community stewardship within the Toledo landscape and seascape by supporting biodiversity and communities, whilst contributing to national sustainable development goals. 

Over the years, TIDE has successfully managed three protected areas, including the Port Honduras Marine Reserve. TIDE has continually demonstrated its capacity to effectively manage protected areas and in October 2022 its institutional knowledge enabled the NGO to add Cayman Crown to its portfolio as its fourth co-managed area in southern Belize.

A change in government administration in November 2020, brought the establishment of the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation and a change in the National Co-Management Framework for Marine Protected Areas. The creation of the framework has been ongoing since 2020 and has delayed TIDE's application as co-manager of Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. With funding commitments to conduct enforcement at the reserve, the delayed designation of TIDE as co-manager of the MPA meant a delay in effective management of the Cayman Crown reef.

With a limited timeframe for implementation, TIDE, MBECA and BFD signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) for TIDE to co-manage Cayman Crown and two established FSA sites within SCMR. This required continuous communication among the entities that resulted in a mutual agreement valid for one year. A rollout of the National Co-Management Framework is expected for 2023. In the interim, Cayman Crown, a highly biodiverse reef found lying between the maritime borders of Belize and Guatemala, is being effectively managed through the strengthening of partnerships.

In order to manage parks sustainably, access to traditional resources is frequently restricted or changed. Such impacts must be reduced since local residents and resource users must directly or indirectly benefit from the MPA and be fully included in the solution. To steer local stakeholders away from the ongoing overexploitation of their mangrove and fishery resources, the development of environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative revenue creation was created. Apiculture was chosen to demonstrate that income can be generated from mangroves and other plants without destroying them and losing their ecological benefits. This activity has strengthened the two fishing associations and illustrated that they can cooperate to execute activities outside of their "normal" operations, the members stand to gain from it.