Proposals to revitalize small-scale fisheries and conservation of coastal ecosystems in Mexico

Abstract

Seas, coasts and coastal fishing have a profound economic, social, cultural and environmental importance for the nation. For many years, particularly during the last neoliberal governments, a series of misguided policies have pushed this activity and these ecosystems into a deep crisis. This article presents some features of the problems facing this sector, as well as some solution proposals to elaborate and implement public fisheries policies within the framework of the “Fourth Transformation “1 of the country