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Use of ichthyofauna by artisanal fishermen at two protected areas along the coast of Northeast Brazil

BACKGROUND: Fishing is one of the oldest human activities and constitutes a source of income and livelihood for millions of people, particularly in coastal regions. This study aimed to characterize the types of fish use and test whether there is a relationship between uses of fish in the communities...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Marcia Freire, Mourão, José Silva, Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0007-5
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author Pinto, Marcia Freire
Mourão, José Silva
Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega
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description BACKGROUND: Fishing is one of the oldest human activities and constitutes a source of income and livelihood for millions of people, particularly in coastal regions. This study aimed to characterize the types of fish use and test whether there is a relationship between uses of fish in the communities studied. METHODS: This study was conducted during the months of January to October 2013, on the beaches of Tamandaré and Batoque, both located in Northeast Brazil. Information was collected through interviews with 75 artisanal marine fishermen on the fishes they knew and their forms of use. RESULTS: The fishermen interviewed were male, between 22 and 84 years old, and they had been fishing for over 10 years and had a low educational level. Fishermen from Tamandaré mentioned 339 popular fish names, representing 222 taxa, while Batoque fishermen mentioned 305 popular fish names, representing 215 taxa. Six types of uses of fish were characterized: food, commercial, medicinal, handicrafts, spiritual-religious purposes and aquarium. It was found that there were multiple uses for fish and that there was a relationship between these different uses, reinforcing the importance that fish have on the culture and economic activities of fishing communities. CONCLUSIONS: Artisanal fishing should be understood as a cultural activity, because the different and multiple uses fish make up the dynamics of fishing communities. Just as in the areas of this study, some of these communities are included in protected areas and, therefore, fishermen must be involved in the development and implementation of management plans of these units.
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spelling pubmed-43547512015-03-11 Use of ichthyofauna by artisanal fishermen at two protected areas along the coast of Northeast Brazil Pinto, Marcia Freire Mourão, José Silva Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research BACKGROUND: Fishing is one of the oldest human activities and constitutes a source of income and livelihood for millions of people, particularly in coastal regions. This study aimed to characterize the types of fish use and test whether there is a relationship between uses of fish in the communities studied. METHODS: This study was conducted during the months of January to October 2013, on the beaches of Tamandaré and Batoque, both located in Northeast Brazil. Information was collected through interviews with 75 artisanal marine fishermen on the fishes they knew and their forms of use. RESULTS: The fishermen interviewed were male, between 22 and 84 years old, and they had been fishing for over 10 years and had a low educational level. Fishermen from Tamandaré mentioned 339 popular fish names, representing 222 taxa, while Batoque fishermen mentioned 305 popular fish names, representing 215 taxa. Six types of uses of fish were characterized: food, commercial, medicinal, handicrafts, spiritual-religious purposes and aquarium. It was found that there were multiple uses for fish and that there was a relationship between these different uses, reinforcing the importance that fish have on the culture and economic activities of fishing communities. CONCLUSIONS: Artisanal fishing should be understood as a cultural activity, because the different and multiple uses fish make up the dynamics of fishing communities. Just as in the areas of this study, some of these communities are included in protected areas and, therefore, fishermen must be involved in the development and implementation of management plans of these units. BioMed Central 2015-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4354751/ /pubmed/25888941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0007-5 Text en © Pinto et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Pinto, Marcia Freire
Mourão, José Silva
Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega
Use of ichthyofauna by artisanal fishermen at two protected areas along the coast of Northeast Brazil
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title_short Use of ichthyofauna by artisanal fishermen at two protected areas along the coast of Northeast Brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0007-5
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