TBTI Mexico

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Un Mar de Retos y Oportunidades en la Pesca Artesanal Mexicana

Small-scale fisheries in Mexico face numerous challenge and concerted effort is imperative to deal with the increased vulnerability in small-scale fisheries and the communities. The e-book is an important step in that direction since it helps enhance the visibility and the understanding of small-scale fisheries in their entirety, not only in certain aspects as has been done in the past.

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TBTI Mexico second national workshop

On October 27–28, 2025, TBTI Mexico held its second workshop, whose primary objective was to identify and share collaboration proposals within the TBTI Mexico Network at both national and international levels. The workshop included the launch of the TBTI Mexico e-book ‘Un Mar de Retos y Oportunidades en la Pesca Artesanal Mexicana’.

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Small-scale Fisheries in Latin America

The objective of the new TBTI Global project is to establish national networks, or hubs, of researchers and stakeholders in support of small-scale fisheries in five Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.

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Celebrating TBTI Mexico

Special message from the coordinators of the newly established TBTI Mexico

Launch of TBTI Mexico

In December of 2023, five TBTI hubs were established, which sparked the idea to initiate a TBTI hub in Mexico. Prior to this, two virtual workshops were held, which helped shape the steps for moving forward with the Mexican hub. TBTI Mexico launching workshop was held on September 30, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico, one day prior to the the SSF Regional Symposium for Latin America and the Caribbean  which took place on 1-4 of October, 2024. Researchers from different institutions and disciplines working on small-scale fisheries in different regions of the country met to explore the possibilities of networking as well as to define the mechanisms for possible collaboration to be developed in Mexico through this network.

The workshop included the presentation of the trajectory of TBTI Global, what the network offers to the Mexican chapter and how it can be linked to other hubs. The workshop organizers (TBTI Global members) explained the motivations for starting this network in Mexico. The interactive sessions allowed the participants to share and exchange experiences and to get inspired to continue collaborative efforts within TBTI. Colleagues from TBTI Ecuador joined the session and shared their experiences and interest in networking.  Encouraged by the group dynamics, participants shared their experiences, concerns and interests in collaboration and their expectations of what the network could offer them and what they could offer the network. Coordinators were nominated and appointed and the first actions for collaboration to advance TBTI Mexico were proposed. Among the proposals presented is the integration of an e-book and organization of future workshops were listed. Although about 30 people were in attendance at the workshop, so far nearly 60 people expressed interest in joining the hub. With the launching of TBTI Mexico, the collaborative path for the visibility, sustainability and viability of small-scale fisheries in Mexico is well underway.

TBTI Mexico e-book

Un Mar de Retos y Oportunidades en la Pesca Artesanal Mexicana

Ensayos de Divulgación

Edited by Ana Minerva Arce-Ibarra, Silvia Salas, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, and Miguel A. Cabrera

In the book, the current national context in which the sector operates was considered, recognizing the need to make artisanal fishing more visible and to highlight its importance within Mexican society and at a global scale. The book features chapters written in non-technical language, allowing potential readers – including fishers, students, academics, members of civil society, and anyone curious about artisanal fishing – to explore fishing stories from various contexts and regions, the ways of life of both fishers and fisherwomen, and the environments that surround them... We are confident that the editorial effort invested in completing this work – alongside the collaboration of all the authors and the support of the TBTI Global Series – will serve as one of many windows through which the profile, position, and value of Mexican artisanal fishing can be elevated to the level it truly deserves.

Hub coordinators