title: Potential Synergies between Nature-Based Tourism and Sustainable Use of Marine Resources: Insights from Dive Tourism in Territorial User Rights for Fisheries in Chile.
abstract: Novel solutions to conserve biodiversity whilst allowing for resource harvesting are urgently needed. In marine systems, Territorial User Rights for Fisheries (TURFs) are promoted to enable sustainable use of resources. We investigate the potential for synergies between nature-based tourism and TURFs on Chile's central coast. Of 135 recreational divers surveyed, 77% indicated that the fish species they preferred sighting were declining and 80% indicated that they would dive more often in TURFs, which have higher abundance of favoured species. Regression analysis shows that respondents that perceive that TURFs fulfil a conservation function are more willing to pay to dive in a TURF. However, respondents who understand the bureaucratic functioning of a TURF are less willing to pay, and there is diversity in how divers feel payments should be made. A participatory approach is required to navigate these complexities to achieve synergies between nature-based tourism and resource harvesting in TURFs.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.|Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
authors.forename: Duan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.affiliation: Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES) & Centro de Conservación Marina, Departamento de Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Francisca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amar
authors.affiliation: Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES) & Centro de Conservación Marina, Departamento de Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Abel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valdebenito
authors.affiliation: Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES) & Centro de Conservación Marina, Departamento de Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.|Laboratorio Internacional en Cambio Global, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain.|Bren School of environmental science and management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States of America.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gelcich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002677:Chile; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004242:Diving; D005398:Fisheries; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D019368:Nature; D013045:Species Specificity; D013731:Territoriality; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult