Sustainable fishing exploitation model as a productive bet: in Moñitos-Cordoba-Colombia.

Abstract

This paper is aimed at designing a conceptual model of fishing exploitation for the town of Moñitos in Córdoba state to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the population. The paper is the product of a descriptive, cross-sectional and mixed study. To characterize the population to a non-probabilistic sample a survey was applied for the convenience of 40 fishermen. The design of the model included the identification of the key actors, the definition of the relationships between the actors, the formal representation of the conceptual model, and the description of the behavior expected by it. In the proposed model the theory of the triple helix University-Company-State is applied, where the Government of Córdoba, and the Municipal Government, manage, coordinate, and execute policies, and resources, through their development plans, programs, and projects; the Basic Educational Institutions, together with the Seine, and the University of Córdoba (Ceres), provide training to human resources and research to have a final product with added value; the suppliers offer the inputs for the development of the fishing activity; the fishermen as leading actors in charge of the capture, extraction and cultivation of fish; the processor, and the marketer, produce and sell the final products respectively. Lastly, and in order to guarantee the survival of the model in the medium and long term, a series of options have been proposed that allow for institutional, technical, operational, environmental, and financial sustainability.