Through effective management, recreational fisheries can engender economic development, while maintaining stock productivity and ecosystem health. Despite good potential for developing a strong recreational fishery in Cuba, we found poor performance in this sector, resulting from gaps in governance (i.e., regulating laws and institutions), lack of infrastructure, poor communication strategy, and general public misunderstanding. We evaluated the existing governance system against best practices from the literature, described the current Cuban context, and offered 10 non-prioritized recommendations to ensure alignment with national goals for improving food security, livelihoods and ecosystem health: (1) consider vulnerable target species when developing data collection systems; (2) estimate potential social, ecological and economic impacts of management scenarios; (3) evaluate the demand for recreational fishing; (4) clarify goals in statute; (5) create an implementation strategy that recognizes barriers and offers mitigation tactics; (6) develop a data collection and research program to monitor stock and ecosystem status, as well as performance against fishery goals; (7) develop a cost-recovery strategy to fund data collection, fisheries management and enforcement; (8) increase institutional support of recreational fisheries; (9) integrate private stakeholders in the recreational sector; and (10) implement sound communication strategies.

通过有效管理，休闲渔业可以促进经济发展，同时保持种群生产力和生态系统健康。尽管在古巴发展强大的休闲渔业有很大的潜力，但我们发现该部门的表现不佳，这是由于治理方面的差距（即监管法律和机构）、缺乏基础设施、缺乏沟通策略以及公众的误解。我们根据文献中的最佳实践评估了现有的治理体系，描述了当前的古巴情况，并提供了 10 项非优先建议，以确保与改善粮食安全、生计和生态系统健康的国家目标保持一致：(1) 在出现以下情况时考虑脆弱的目标物种开发数据收集系统；（2）估计潜在的社会，管理方案的生态和经济影响；(3) 评估休闲垂钓的需求；(4) 明确法规中的目标；(5) 制定识别障碍并提供缓解策略的实施战略；(6) 制定数据收集和研究计划，以监测种群和生态系统状况，以及针对渔业目标的绩效；(7) 制定成本回收战略，为数据收集、渔业管理和执法提供资金；(8) 增加对休闲渔业的制度支持；(9) 将私人利益相关者纳入娱乐部门；(10) 实施健全的沟通策略。(6) 制定数据收集和研究计划，以监测种群和生态系统状况，以及针对渔业目标的绩效；(7) 制定成本回收战略，为数据收集、渔业管理和执法提供资金；(8) 增加对休闲渔业的制度支持；(9) 将私人利益相关者纳入娱乐部门；(10) 实施健全的沟通策略。(6) 制定数据收集和研究计划，以监测种群和生态系统状况，以及针对渔业目标的绩效；(7) 制定成本回收战略，为数据收集、渔业管理和执法提供资金；(8) 增加对休闲渔业的制度支持；(9) 将私人利益相关者纳入娱乐部门；(10) 实施健全的沟通策略。