Box 1.

S-fisheries Exploitation and Management Plans

General data

Number and nominal list of fishers (and cofradías involved if joint plans)

Number of boats and nominal relation of crews

Resources to be exploited (plans are commonly multi-specific)

Harvest grounds (general map and detailed limits)

General objectives

Production objectives (year total catch)

Economic objectives (total and per capita yearly incomes)

State of the fishery and stock assessment analysis

Historical data of the fishery (catch, effort, CPUE, sizes, sales price, etc.)

Methods used and results obtained in the assessments

Results obtained in the sizes controls (in situ and in the first-sale market)

Conclusions and recommendations

Implementation of methods to control the exploitation

Daily effort (number of fishers and boats), catches and sales

Surveillance method to control effort, catches and sizes

Check points (close to fishing grounds)

Harvesting and trade plans

Foreseeable calendar (including close season if required)

Total number of fishing days

Maximum fisher/boat daily quotas

Daily harvest grounds planned and gears used

Control points and surveillance

Sales strategy (auction, direct sale, internet, etc.)

Sales agreements (first-sale markets, minimum prices, etc.)

Actions for stock enhancement

Description of the action

Materials and methods

Costs

Actions for improving the fishery

Description of the improvement

Projects running (description, institutions involved, objectives, results, etc.)

Financial plan

Incomes and expenses

Investment

Capitalization

Information that the cofradías have to include in the S-fisheries Exploitation and Management Plan to fulfill the fisheries administration requirements (CPUE stands for captures per unit effort) (source modified from Molares and Freire 2003)