On September 1, 2022, ECOMARES and the German Agency for International Cooperation (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit -GIZ- GmbH) initiated donation agreement # 81286967 for the implementation of the project "Ghost Gear Management in the Colombian Pacific through a Community-Based Strategy." This project is supported by the IKI Small Grants program, IKI Small Grantsunder the International Climate Initiative (IKI), funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the Federal Foreign Office (AA), and executed by GIZ.
The project will last 18 months and its main objective is: "To design and implement a holistic, community-based strategy to mitigate, manage, and reduce the impact of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear in a biodiversity hotspot in the tropical eastern Pacific, the Gulf of Tribugá, Colombia.
To halt the degradation of essential coastal and marine ecosystems, ensure a continuous supply of fishery resources, and promote sustainable tourism in the Gulf of Tribugá, a community-based management strategy will be designed and implemented. This strategy includes: a) consensus and adoption of new fisheries management measures to reduce the problem of ghost gear (abandoned, lost, or discarded); b) creation and training of a local community group responsible for monitoring and cleaning ghost gear in identified critical points; c) increasing knowledge and awareness of the socio-ecological dynamics and ecological impacts of ghost gear in the Gulf of Tribugá; and d) financial mechanisms for the long-term sustainability of the strategy.
The project is carried out in partnership with the ethnic territorial authority, the General Community Council Los Riscales, and with the Kákiri diving station, and in collaboration with several entities that are part of the inter-institutional alliance created to support the co-management of the regional protected area, the Integrated Management District (DRMI) Gulf of Tribugá – Cabo Corrientes.
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