Our project analyzed the application of commercial techniques to subsistence fishing communities, focusing on the island of Venado, where 22 families have formed a cooperative to improve their socioeconomic condition. We accomplished this through interviewing and surveying field experts, members of other cooperatives, members of Coope Isla Venado, and potential consumers. We analyzed the current path of commercialization and concluded that processed products are sold at higher prices and that the use of intermediaries as processors is the main source of profit loss for fishermen. We identified successful business practices of the Costa Rican fishing industry and made recommendations to streamline production and so achieve sustainable commercialization.

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Creator

• Beaulieu, Erin Elizabeth
• Raposo, Joshua Austin
• Bao, Ying
• Cirka, Hillary Allison

Subject

• Food
• Community
• Industry
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121411-180606

Keyword

• Community development
• Marketing
• Food security

Advisor

• Dempsey, James
• Skorinko, Jeanine LM

Year

• 2011

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura

Date created

• 2011-12-14

Location

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-03