Through cooperative management in which the government fisheries department provides scientific information and advice, and coastal villages assume the bulk of the responsibility for local management, fisheries are being effectively managed and protected.
This type of management where a government fisheries department provides scientific information and advice (as well as certain basic conservation laws), while coastal villages assume the bulk of the responsibility for local management is a form of cooperative management.
Villagers are widely putting aside opportunities to earn quick cash from their marine resources in exchange for the greater long-term benefits of conserving them.