Malpica-Cruz, Luis http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0750-1652
Fulton, Stuart
Quintana, Anastasia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2865-0825
Zepeda-Domínguez, Jose Alberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6094-9096
Quiroga-García, Blanca
Tamayo, Lizbeth
Canto Noh, Jose Ángel
Côté, Isabelle M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-4061
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Development Research Center (107473-99906075-043)
Rufford Foundation (15373-1)
Summit Foundation
MARFund (RG-OAK-COBI-2017)
Oak Foundation (OCAY-13-569)
Inter-American Foundation (ME-517)
Article History
Received: 2 April 2020
Accepted: 27 April 2021
First Online: 6 May 2021
Declarations
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: The first author, L. Malpica-Cruz, declares no conflict of interest. L. Malpica-Cruz conceived of the article, performed data analysis and wrote the first draft. A. Quintana, J.A. Zepeda-Domínguez and I.M. Côté also declare no conflict of interest. S. Fulton works for the non-governmental organization, Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C. (COBI), which has worked with the Cozumel Cooperative on the commercial lionfish fishery; they provided ecological and interview data, and contextual information to interpret the program results. L. Tamayo and J.A. Canto Noh work for the Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Cozumel (Cozumel Cooperative), which participated in the commercial lionfish fishery. They provided fisheries-dependent ecological data and contextual insights about the fishery’s outcomes. B. Quiroga works for the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP). All authors listed revised the manuscript for critical intellectual content; edited the manuscript; approve of the final manuscript form; and agree to be accountable for this work.
: The Mexican-based institutions participating in this study—Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC: L. Malpica-Cruz) and Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C (COBI: S. Fulton) are not required to receive approval from ethics committees and/or develop ethics protocols for studies involving research with humans. However, before the start of interviews or focus groups all participants gave informed consent to provide information for this study. Authors took reasonable precautions (e.g., using an encrypted hard drive; not recording names with audio files or quotations; monitoring subjects to assess whether questions were causing emotional distress) to ensure well-being and confidentiality for all of the participants.