The artisanal fishing gears and boats used by the Serinhaém Channel fishing communities of the Camamu Bay in the Environmental Protection Area of Pratigi, São Salvador, Brazil

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Event Abstract Back to Event The artisanal fishing gears and boats used by the Serinhaém Channel fishing communities of the Camamu Bay in the Environmental Protection Area of Pratigi, São Salvador, Brazil Rogério Cunha1*, Henry L. Spach2 and Alberto T. Correia1, 2, 3 1 Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal 2 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil 3 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Artisanal fisheries have been receiving an increased level of attention from governmental and academic institutions in Brazil in the last years. However the knowledge about the Brazilian artisanal fishing communities is still scarce. In the region called southern lowlands of Bahia - Brazil, there is the Serinhaém Channel, a north arm of the Bay of Camamu, located in the Environmental Protection Area of Pratigi, a sustainable use conservation unit created by the Brazilian State Government in 1998. Several fishing communities are settled along this area, where an important artisanal fishing activity is conducted in this rich estuarine ecosystem characterized by an extensive area of mangrove. This study aimed to describe the fishing gears used by the fishermen communities of Timbuca, Ilha da Barreta, Rio do Campo, Ilha da Pescaria, and Ituberá City. The types of fish boats and evolutionary processes in this sector were also described. The data were collected through fishermen surveys and field excursions, and showed that the fishing gear types used in this area are mainly traps, nets and hook-and-lines, but it also includes some fishing prohibited methods, such as explosives. The fishing boats also suffered significant developments in the last years concerning the building materials and sources of propulsion. Traditional fishing boats are still in use and it consist of wooden canoes propelled with paddles or a sail. Most modern fishing boats are made of fiberglass and moved using a homemade motor engine, locally known as ''motor de rabeta '. The wide variety of artisanal fishing gears and boats observed in this region should be related to the variety of species caught, namely fishes and crustaceans, and to the need of fishermen to ensure better income for their livelihood as fish food becomes scarce. There is an urgent need to protect the artisanal fisheries which faces many challenges due to the lack of policies, strategies and concrete measures that can support sustainable fisheries production, better organization and improvement of the livelihood of fishing communities. Keywords: Artisanal fisheries, Fish gears, Fishing boats, estuary, museological aspect Conference: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies, Porto, Portugal, 5 Sep - 9 Sep, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: 5. ECOTOURISM, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OUTREACH Citation: Cunha R, Spach HL and Correia AT (2016). The artisanal fishing gears and boats used by the Serinhaém Channel fishing communities of the Camamu Bay in the Environmental Protection Area of Pratigi, São Salvador, Brazil. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00201 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 07 May 2016; Published Online: 03 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: MD. Rogério Cunha, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal, rogitubera@gmail.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract Supplemental Data The Authors in Frontiers Rogério Cunha Henry L Spach Alberto T Correia Google Rogério Cunha Henry L Spach Alberto T Correia Google Scholar Rogério Cunha Henry L Spach Alberto T Correia PubMed Rogério Cunha Henry L Spach Alberto T Correia Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.