Articulaciones del conocimiento ecológico desarrollado en las prácticas de localidad con el conocimiento científico: una etnografía de una pesquería artesanal en Uruguay

Abstract

For over 60 years the yellow clam Amarillodesma mactroides has been extracted in the area between Barra del Chuy and La Coronilla, in 22 kilometers of the coastal strip in eastern Uruguay. During all these decades, the exploitation of this resource has gone through great variations. In this process, different social actors from the State and the University have been connected to the fishery to implement state regulation. Through ethnographic research, it has been gathered data regarding the relationships and linkages of the diverse social actors and the types of knowledge, sometimes in dialogue and others in conflict. With this work, we seek to contribute to the understanding of the political-social and economic complexity of the co-management processes in artisanal fisheries and in particular to emphasize the articulations between diverse knowledge. Furthermore, we highlight the opportunity that ethnographic research offers us to know the perspectives of the different actors involved in the co-management processes, among other aspects. This article exposes the different factors involved in the dialogue of knowledge, when deciding on the regulation and protection of fishery resources and the implications for those who manage their extraction and or commercialization.