Valuing environmental goods and services (EGS) of the mangrove in artisanal oyster farming: Las Tunas, Cuba

Authors

  • Abel Betanzos-Vega Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras (CIP)
  • Arturo Tripp-Quezada Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR)
  • Esnoldo Macías-Aguilera Unidad Empresarial Básica “Juanito Mora”
  • Adalberto Leyva-Segura Empresa Pesquera de Las Tunas (PESCATUN)
  • Gustavo Arencibia-Carballo Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras (CIP)
  • José Manuel Mazón-Suástegui Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a9n1.2829

Abstract

In Cuba, the production of mangrove oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae comes from extractive fishing (75%) and artisanal cultivation (25%). In extractive fishing, the barking or cutting of the roots of the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) occurs during the collection of oysters. In cultivation, mangrove trunks and branches are used for farms and for making collectors, which damages the ecosystem and reduces the supply of environmental goods and services (BSA) provided by the mangrove. With the objective of evaluating through a cost-benefit analysis the oyster farming activity in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas, Cuba, and determining the economic and environmental viability of artisanal oyster farming, productive strategies with an ecosystemic approach were applied, including an ecological value representative of the benefit gross of mangrove functions. Artisanal farming turned out to be an economically and environmentally viable production alternative, which allowed a higher average yield in oyster meat (6.4%), versus meat yield from extractive fishing (5.8%). The inclusion, in the cost-benefit analysis of the oyster farming activity, of the cost for damages and benefits to the mangrove swamp, indicates the need to include the BSA valuation in the traditional mechanisms of economic evaluation. 

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Author Biography

  • José Manuel Mazón-Suástegui, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.

    Investigador Titular B, en el Programa de Acuicultura del Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR)

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Published

2022-01-29

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SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

How to Cite

Betanzos-Vega, A. . ., Tripp-Quezada, A. . ., Macías-Aguilera, E. . ., Leyva-Segura, A. ., Arencibia-Carballo, G. . ., & Mazón-Suástegui, J. M. (2022). Valuing environmental goods and services (EGS) of the mangrove in artisanal oyster farming: Las Tunas, Cuba. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a9n1.2829

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