Three-dimensional Sustainability Profile of the coastal fishery of Jalisco State, Mexico

Sustainability is a basic tool in decision-making regarding human resources distribution for government programs applied to communities. The sustainability index reflects the level of impact on the effectiveness of its application. It is important to mention that a study of this nature has not been reported in the scientific literature for Mexican fishery activity on Jalisco Coast, Mexico. Thus, the results of this research will support the fishermen's federations in decision-making about their productive work. The main objective was to determine the sustainability index for Cihuatlán, La Huerta, Tomatlán, and Puerto Vallarta municipalities of Jalisco state, Mexico by applying the IRS methodology. Even when the productive activity is economically profitable, its do not contribute positively to the Social and Environmental sustainability indices. The index of the three-dimensional sustainability of the Jalisco Coast, Mexico fishing activity is 2,33, which is considered very low about what is desirable, which should be greater than 4. In other words, there is no positive development in the quality of life of fishermen and environment care for the catch areas and species of interest for commercial fishing activities.