The Manzanillo Fishing Commune [V]
The Manzanillo Agro-tourism Fishing Commune gathers the northeast’s fish and crop production in a real community body (Bancoex, 2025).
World 03 · With lodging
Northern Beaches
The northern seafront.
DesignGuardian: ALMA, open coast mode [D]
What it is
The northern seafront. Juan Griego, El Agua, Parguito and Manzanillo follow one another along the Atlantic: surf at Parguito, living artisanal fishing at Manzanillo, and the sunsets of Juan Griego bay. The northern window runs November to March, when the Atlantic swell and the high season meet.
Where
The World’s zone on the verified chart of the archipelago. The outlines are corridor design; the points are real, sourced places.
The real places [V]
Every place with its coordinate and its source, verified one by one.
Juan Griego
11.0833, -63.9667 ↗City, bay and port on the northwest; the island’s most famous sunset.
El Agua Beach
11.1455, -63.8630 ↗The north’s great beach, with dunes and coconut palms.
Parguito Beach
11.1326, -63.8495 ↗Atlantic-wave beach, the northeast’s surf spot.
Manzanillo
11.1542, -63.8856 ↗Fishing village and bay; the Manzanillo Agro-tourism Fishing Commune sustains artisanal fishing.
El Tirano Beach (Puerto Fermín)
11.1122, -63.8441 ↗Beach and fishing port on the north coast, Antolín del Campo municipality. Departure point toward Los Frailes, with seabird watching.
Guacuco Beach
11.0526, -63.8148 ↗Beach on the north coast, Arismendi municipality.
When
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
The northern window runs November to March [D]: Atlantic swell and high season. [D]
Who receives it [Pr]
The host community is the artisanal cooperative together with the fishing communities. Its Community Council is constituted in the Pilot Phase [Pr] and receives the community half of the retention.
Today artisanal fishing lives at Manzanillo and El Tirano, with the Fishing Commune as a real body [V].
“An experimental proposal, subject to consultation with communities and experts should the State adopt the SOT.”
The Worlds are a proposal of the SOT Paraguachoa. Communities and experts define their final shape if the State adopts the system: every territorial decision is consulted with those who live it.
What it protects
Matasiete and Guayamurí Natural Monument [V]
The northern hills have been protected as a Natural Monument since 1974 (Decree 1,635, Official Gazette 30,342), with some 1,672 hectares. Matasiete hill keeps the memory of the independence battle.
The memory it carries
The memory of the Guaiquerí people, cited by page from the Cacique’s archive.
The botuto (or guarura): the shell-instrument with which sea people call each other across distance since the eve of San Juan and San Pedro. A living tradition. [V]
F-0038 Ayala et al. (2017), p. 124
In 1604, Bishop Fray Martín Vásquez denounced the violent forcing of the Guaiquerí to fish for pearls — forced diving as the cause of their decline. [V]
F-0107 Bishop Vásquez’s letter (1604)
“An experimental proposal, subject to consultation with communities and experts should the State adopt the SOT.”
How one travels today
Itinerary seeds with what already exists in the territory — without promises.
- Surf at Parguito and watch the sunset in Juan Griego bay.
- Eat fresh fish at Manzanillo, with the Fishing Commune [V].
- Watch seabirds toward Los Frailes from El Tirano [V].
Connections
The traffic lightThe northern sea state, on the Green Corridor’s live board.MGTAThe operators of every World are certified under the MGTA standard — the territory’s quality threshold.Sovereign RetentionThe community half of the retention goes to the District Community Fund: the full design, linked.The AI TriadEvery World names its guardian: ALMA in its modes and the Cacique Macanao in his.