| Author | Barbosa-Filho, Márcio Luiz Vargas | |
| Author | Seminara, Cecília Inês | |
| Author | Tavares, Davi Castro | |
| Author | Siciliano, Salvatore | |
| Author | Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann | |
| Author | Mourão, José da Silva | |
| Access date | 2020-07-14T18:21:37Z | |
| Available date | 2020-07-14T18:21:37Z | |
| Document date | 2020 | |
| Citation | BARBOSA-FILHO, Márcio Luiz Vargas et al. Artisanal fisher perceptions on ghost nets in a tropical south atlantic marine biodiversity hotspot: challenges to traditional fishing culture and implications for conservation strategies. Ocean and Coastal Management, v. 192, p. 1-8, Jul. 2020. | |
| ISSN | 0964-5691 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/42255 | |
| Description | Produção científica do Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental. | pt_BR |
| Sponsorship | This study was partially financed by the Coordenaçao ~ de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. | |
| Language | eng | en_US |
| Publisher | Elsevier | |
| Rights | restricted access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Impacto ambiental | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Pesca artesanal | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Conservação da biodiversidade | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Cogestão | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Nordeste do Brasil | pt_BR |
| Title | Artisanal fisher perceptions on ghost nets in a tropical south atlantic marine biodiversity hotspot: challenges to traditional fishing culture and implications for conservation strategies | en_US |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105189 | |
| Abstract | Ghost fishing, the ability of fishing equipment to continue to capture organisms even after it is no longer controlled, leads to serious marine impacts, including bycatch, which contributes to biodiversity loss. Insistent complaints from artisanal fisher in the state of Bahia, Brazil, concerning the impacts of nets lost or abandoned by fisher from other regions that operate in their traditional fishing territory were brought to the attention of our research group. Therefore, this study aims to describe the knowledge and classify fisher perceptions in south Bahia regarding ghost fisheries in the region, as well as the resulting impacts and fisher ideas for solving this problem in a coastal coral reef region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August 2015 and September 2017 with 60 fishers, 59 men and one woman, that fish with hand lines and hooks in the studied area. A total of 90% of respondents (n = 54) reported having found ghost nets in their ancestral fishing territories, while 93% (n = 56) associated ghost nets with financial losses and marine environment impacts. Most respondents (n = 56; 93%) also indicated lower fishery yields due to ghost nets and indicated (n = 55; 91.9%) that most ghost nets found in the area are used for lobster fishing, which is banned in Brazil. Fishers revealed an active interest in solving this socio-environmental problem, demonstrating detailed knowledge related to the loss of fishing nets in the local marine environment, as they have been finding and removing ghost nets from the local sea. Fisher's ideas to solve this problem included the implementation of fines for fishers caught in breach of regional and national fisheries regulations, and management actions, such as ghost net removal from the sea. Establishing partnerships between fisher and the federal government in curbing ghost fisheries is crucial. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza. Recife, PE, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional e Meio Ambiente. Ilhéus, BA, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research. Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling. Bremen, Germany / Jacobs University. Department of Physics & Earth Science. Bremen, Germany. | |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual da Paraíba. Departamento de Biologia. Campina Grande, PB, Brasil. | |
| Subject | Environmental impact | en_US |
| Subject | Artisanal fishing | en_US |
| Subject | Biodiversity conservation | en_US |
| Subject | Co-management | en_US |
| Subject | Northeast Brazil | en_US |
| Embargo date | 2030-12-31 | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 14 Vida na água | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 15 Vida terrestre | |
