Telling the same story: Fishers and landing data reveal changes in fisheries on the Southeastern Brazilian Coast.

ABSTRACT: An understanding of the effects of fishing on marine ecosystems relies on information about the conserved state of these environments. Non-conventional approaches such as the use of historical data and local ecological knowledge can provide information and help adjust our references of changes in the environment. Also, the combination of different types of data can indicate a fisheries trend that would be undetectable when evaluated separately. Here we investigated changes in fisher's perceptions regarding overexploited and new target species in artisanal fisheries in a secular fishing village of the subtropical, southeastern Brazilian coast. We identified temporal changes in landings and in the mean trophic level (MTL) of high trophic level species (≥ 3.5 and >4) over 16 years. Fishers' k

SUBMITTER: Fogliarini CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168859 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature