Community Grant, Critical marine habitats for coastal resilience, Small-scale fisheries management
Award Amount
£23,560
Targetting
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local fishers
Reporting manta ray and marine mega fauna sightings, bycatch and fishing effort through a participatory monitoring system
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schools
Engaging up to 500 students in manta conservation
The Details
Conserving Manta Rays through community engagement
The giant manta ray is an iconic and endangered species, with population trends decreasing worldwide. Giant mantas are incidentally entangled in small-scale fisheries in northern Peru.
The project aims to advance manta conservation and address manta bycatch by:
Supporting the reactivation of community-based manta ray eco-tourism in northern Peru
Scaling-up a participatory monitoring system for fishers to report manta ray occurrence
Co-designing and delivering practical recommendations to address manta bycatch, and;
Strengthening local awareness for giant manta conservation
