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Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_20
Chapter 20
How Can Accurate Landing Stats Help
in Designing Better Fisheries
and Environmental Management for Western
Atlantic Estuaries?
Mário Barletta, André R.A. Lima, David V. Dantas, Igor M. Oliveira,
Jurandyr Reis Neto, Cezar A.F. Fernandes, Eduardo G.G. Farias,
Jorge L.R. Filho, and Monica F. Costa
Abstract Fisheries in Brazil, the country with most territory in South America, is
not comprehensive at all. The lack of precise historical data is the main concern
faced by perspectives of fishery management. The majority of data are simplistic
records of extrapolated biomass published by federal entities regardless the habitat
from where fish resources were harvested, how they were captured and lengths of
capture. Little attention was given to the social, economic and cultural aspects of
traditional communities and their livelihood. Worst is the case of estuarine systems
of the Western Atlantic, where artisanal fishery rules the landings and the absence
of proper monitoring, control and surveillance leads to poor managerial actions. As
a result, fishery studies conclude that most fish stocks of Western Atlantic estuaries
show signs of over-exploitation. Palliative measures such as closed periods for capture of common resources has emerged as urgent option aiming to reduce the
impacts of overfishing. Bycatch reduction devices are examples of emerging
M. Barletta (*) • A.R.A. Lima • M.F. Costa
Laboratório de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Costeiros e Estuarinos
(LEGECE), Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE),
CEP 50740-550 Recife, Brazil
e-mail: barletta@ufpe.br
D.V. Dantas • E.G.G. Farias • J.L.R. Filho
Grupo de Tecnologia e Ciência Pesqueira (TECPESCA), Departamento de Engenharia de
Pesca, Centro de Ensino Superior da Região Sul (CERES), Universidade do Estado de Santa
Catarina (UDESC), CEP 88790-000 Laguna, Brazil
I.M. Oliveira • J.R. Neto
Laboratório de Estudos da Pesca (LABPESCA), Unidade de Ensino Penedo, Campus
Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), CEP 57200-000 Penedo, Brazil
C.A.F. Fernandes
Laboratório de Bioecologia Pesqueira (Biopesca), Departamento de Ciências do Mar,
Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), CEP 64049-550 Parnaíba, Brazil
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation,
Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_20
Chapter 20
How Can Accurate Landing Stats Help
in Designing Better Fisheries
and Environmental Management for Western
Atlantic Estuaries?
Mário Barletta, André R.A. Lima, David V. Dantas, Igor M. Oliveira,
Jurandyr Reis Neto, Cezar A.F. Fernandes, Eduardo G.G. Farias,
Jorge L.R. Filho, and Monica F. Costa
Abstract Fisheries in Brazil, the country with most territory in South America, is
not comprehensive at all. The lack of precise historical data is the main concern
faced by perspectives of fishery management. The majority of data are simplistic
records of extrapolated biomass published by federal entities regardless the habitat
from where fish resources were harvested, how they were captured and lengths of
capture. Little attention was given to the social, economic and cultural aspects of
traditional communities and their livelihood. Worst is the case of estuarine systems
of the Western Atlantic, where artisanal fishery rules the landings and the absence
of proper monitoring, control and surveillance leads to poor managerial actions. As
a result, fishery studies conclude that most fish stocks of Western Atlantic estuaries
show signs of over-exploitation. Palliative measures such as closed periods for capture of common resources has emerged as urgent option aiming to reduce the
impacts of overfishing. Bycatch reduction devices are examples of emerging
M. Barletta (*) • A.R.A. Lima • M.F. Costa
Laboratório de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Costeiros e Estuarinos
(LEGECE), Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE),
CEP 50740-550 Recife, Brazil
e-mail: barletta@ufpe.br
D.V. Dantas • E.G.G. Farias • J.L.R. Filho
Grupo de Tecnologia e Ciência Pesqueira (TECPESCA), Departamento de Engenharia de
Pesca, Centro de Ensino Superior da Região Sul (CERES), Universidade do Estado de Santa
Catarina (UDESC), CEP 88790-000 Laguna, Brazil
I.M. Oliveira • J.R. Neto
Laboratório de Estudos da Pesca (LABPESCA), Unidade de Ensino Penedo, Campus
Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), CEP 57200-000 Penedo, Brazil
C.A.F. Fernandes
Laboratório de Bioecologia Pesqueira (Biopesca), Departamento de Ciências do Mar,
Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), CEP 64049-550 Parnaíba, Brazil