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Poissant D, Coomes OT, Robinson BE, Vargas Dávila G. Fishers' ecological knowledge points to fishing-induced changes in the Peruvian Amazon. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2024:e2964. [PMID: 38842210 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
Abstract
Scientists increasingly draw on fishers' ecological knowledge (FEK) to gain a better understanding of fish biology and ecology, and inform options for fisheries management. We report on a study of FEK among fishers along the Lower Ucayali River in Peru, a region of exceptional productivity and diversity, which is also a major supplier of fish to the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon. Given a lack of available scientific information on stock status, we sought to identify temporal changes in the composition and size of exploited species by interviewing fishers from 18 communities who vary in years of fishing experience since the mid-1950s. We develop four FEK-based indicators to assess changes in the fish assemblage and compare findings with landings data. We find an intensification of fishing gear deployed over time and spatiotemporal shifts in the fish assemblage and reported declines in species weight, which point to a fishing-down process with declines across multiple species. This finding is reflected in a shifting baseline among our participants, whereby younger generations of fishers have different expectations regarding the distribution and size of species. Our study points to the importance of spillover effects from the nearby Pacaya-Samira National Reserve and community initiatives to support the regional fishery. Reference to fishers' knowledge also suggests that species decline is likely underreported in aggregated landings data. Despite the dynamism and diversity of Amazonian floodplain fisheries, simple FEK-based indicators can provide useful information for understanding fishing-induced changes in the fish assemblage. Fishers hold valuable knowledge for fishery management and conservation initiatives in the region.
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- David Poissant
- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Sodré CFL, Macedo W, Feitosa LM, Sousa NSM, Carvalho-Neta RNF, Carvalho Costa LF, Nunes JLS, Tchaicka L. Molecular identification of sharks from the genus Sphyrna (Elasmobranchii: Chondrichthyes) in Maranhão Coast (Brazil). BRAZ J BIOL 2024; 84:e274862. [PMID: 38511772 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.274862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Sharks of the genus Sphyrna are under intense exploitation globally. In Brazil's northern coast, this genus represents a high proportion of fisheries landings and comprises four species. However, due to difficulty of specific identification when specimens are landed, most of the records are limited to the genus level. Here we analyzed the effectiveness of ITS2 (Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 of rDNA) fragment length protocol (Abercrombie et al., 2005) for identifying hammerhead shark species, comparing with the analysis of COI (Cytochrome oxidase subunit I) and ITS2 sequences. We evaluated samples of muscle tissue acquired in the main fishing ports of Maranhão: Carutapera, Raposa e Tutóia. Sampling was conducted between March 2017 to March 2018 and complemented with material deposited in collection (2015). COI results indicated the occurrence of endangered species which are prohibited to be landed. These include Sphyrna mokarran (67%), S. lewini (15%), S. tudes (3%), and S. tiburo (15%). For the ITS2 marker, we investigated the optimization of the protocol developed by Abercrombie (2005) for to improve the use in this geographical area througout design of a new primers.
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- C F L Sodré
- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Recursos Aquáticos e Pesca, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Dinâmica de Populações Marinhas - DIMAR, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, São Luís, MA, Brasil
- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pos-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia/BIONORTE, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pos-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia/BIONORTE, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, São Luís, MA, Brasil
- Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, Programa de Pos-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia/BIONORTE, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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Giglio VJ, Aued AW, Cordeiro CAMM, Eggertsen L, S Ferrari D, Gonçalves LR, Hanazaki N, Luiz OJ, Luza AL, Mendes TC, Pinheiro HT, Segal B, Waechter LS, Bender MG. A Global Systematic Literature Review of Ecosystem Services in Reef Environments. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 73:634-645. [PMID: 38006452 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-023-01912-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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Ecosystem services (ES) embrace contributions of nature to human livelihood and well-being. Reef environments provide a range of ES with direct and indirect contributions to people. However, the health of reef environments is declining globally due to local and large-scale threats, affecting ES delivery in different ways. Mapping scientific knowledge and identifying research gaps on reefs' ES is critical to guide their management and conservation. We conducted a systematic assessment of peer-reviewed articles published between 2007 and 2022 to build an overview of ES research on reef environments. We analyzed the geographical distribution, reef types, approaches used to assess ES, and the potential drivers of change in ES delivery reported across these studies. Based on 115 articles, our results revealed that coral and oyster reefs are the most studied reef ecosystems. Cultural ES (e.g., subcategories recreation and tourism) was the most studied ES in high-income countries, while regulating and maintenance ES (e.g., subcategory life cycle maintenance) prevailed in low and middle-income countries. Research efforts on reef ES are biased toward the Global North, mainly North America and Oceania. Studies predominantly used observational approaches to assess ES, with a marked increase in the number of studies using statistical modeling during 2021 and 2022. The scale of studies was mostly local and regional, and the studies addressed mainly one or two subcategories of reefs' ES. Overexploitation, reef degradation, and pollution were the most commonly cited drivers affecting the delivery of provisioning, regulating and maintenance, and cultural ES. With increasing threats to reef environments, the growing demand for assessing the contributions to humans provided by reefs will benefit the projections on how these ES will be impacted by anthropogenic pressures. The incorporation of multiple and synergistic ecosystem mechanisms is paramount to providing a comprehensive ES assessment, and improving the understanding of functions, services, and benefits.
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- Vinicius J Giglio
- Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Campus Oriximiná, PA, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Kaneohe, HI, 96744, USA
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Vollrath SR, Lemos VM, Vieira JP, Garcia AM. Long-term trends in juvenile Mugil liza abundance in relation to selected environmental and fisheries influences in southern Brazil. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 193:106290. [PMID: 38091643 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024]
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Overfishing constitutes a major threat affecting marine fish population worldwide, including mullet species that have been exploited by fisheries during the reproductive migration in temperate and tropical latitudes for millennia. In the present study, we investigated the relationship of fishing intensity of mullet Mugil liza during its reproductive migration and the abundance of their juveniles in an essential nursery ground for the species in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. To carry out this analysis, we used a 23-year standardized long-term time series (1997-2019) of monthly abundance of M. liza juveniles, local/regional (water temperature, salinity, water transparency and river discharge) and global (ENSO) environmental factors, along with compilations of fishing landing data for the species. Generalized Additive Models (GAM) revealed the negative effect of fishing adult populations on the abundance of juveniles when they reach the marine surf-zone and after recruiting into the estuary. Our results reinforce the importance of adequate conservation and fishery regulation policies to prevent the species' stock from collapsing.
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- Sabrina R Vollrath
- Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Av. Itália s/n - km 8 - Carreiros, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Av. Itália s/n - km 8 - Carreiros, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Av. Itália s/n - km 8 - Carreiros, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Av. Itália s/n - km 8 - Carreiros, Brazil.
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Bento R, Jabado RW, Sawaf M, Bejarano I, Samara F, Yaghmour F, Mateos-Molina D. Oyster beds in the United Arab Emirates: Important fishing grounds in need of protection. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 182:113992. [PMID: 35939931 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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There is scarce information on the current importance of oyster beds as fishing grounds in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aims to understand the socio-economic value of oyster bed fisheries through questionnaire-based surveys with fishers. Of 106 Emirati fishers interviewed, 67 % use oyster beds due to the proximity to shore, better catch quality, and species abundance. Oyster bed fisheries are recreational and commercial, with handline and fish traps the most common used gears. They provide food for local consumption and cash income. All respondents noticed a fish abundance and size decrease throughout the last decade. Fishers suggest establishing marine protected areas and updating fishing regulations to improve fishing stock status. During the Covid-19 pandemic, oyster fisheries increased, highlighting the value of these fishing grounds for food availability. These fisheries support the local economy and heritage, and urgently need management to ensure the protection of these often-overlooked habitats.
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- Rita Bento
- Emirates Nature - WWF, P.O. Box 23304, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Elasmo Project, P.O. Box 29588, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Emirates Nature - WWF, P.O. Box 23304, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Hefaiyah Mountain Conservation Centre (Scientific Research Department), Environment and Protected Areas Authority, Kalba, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Emirates Nature - WWF, P.O. Box 23304, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Depto. Ecología e Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
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