What an awesome idea TURF is!
Territorial Rights Use for Fishing, or
TURF – a system that gives a fisherman or group of fishermen a dedicated
area in which to practice their trade.
In return for the secure fishing area, these fishermen also have a
responsibility to conserve fish and marine ecosystems. Their reward is a
stable and healthy fish population which, in turn, means their
conservation efforts pay off economically.
What’s more, TURF areas are now being paired in Belize and other
parts of the world with so-called no-take reserves, areas in which no
fishing is permitted. These rapidly growing hybrid fishery management
programs – “TURF-reserves” – also support local fishermen when fish
spill over into their fishing areas.
Today, there are at least 27 such TURF-reserves in 10 countries that
span the globe. Environmental Defense Fund is working with partner
organizations to scale up such programs in the Philippines, Belize, Indonesia, Mozambique, Brazil, Mexico and Spain.
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