Social and economic profile of Helene community views on the environment and the potential for a successful MPA Integrating biological and socio-economic studies for the effective conservation of the St. Helena Region, Bay Islands, Honduras

"The study indicates that people on Helene will support an MPA if it creates more employment opportunities. With fishing as the most important economic activity there is an assumption that changing to new work activities will become necessary. Thus problems could develop, as already 41% of the adult population is non-wage-earning. The possibility that an MPA could enhance fish stocks was not a widely held view despite the fact that older fishermen were critical of some current fishing practices such as harvesting gravid fish"--Executive summary. 2006 CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) MPA (Marine Protected Areas) Library Public Domain 1858