660
Fig. 20.19 Examples of the main fishing gears used in Western Atlantic estuaries and adjacent
coastal areas. (a, b) small mesh-size gillnets; (b) fishing weir (Ponta de Pedras estuarine beach);
(d) lobster traps; (d, e) cast nets (mullets capture at Laguna Estuarine System); (g) fyke net or
“aviãozinho” in the Laguna Estuarine System, used for pink shrimp captures and bycatches (h)
“aviãozinho” nets suspended after fishery
M. Barletta et al.
Fig. 20.19 Examples of the main fishing gears used in Western Atlantic estuaries and adjacent
coastal areas. (a, b) small mesh-size gillnets; (b) fishing weir (Ponta de Pedras estuarine beach);
(d) lobster traps; (d, e) cast nets (mullets capture at Laguna Estuarine System); (g) fyke net or
“aviãozinho” in the Laguna Estuarine System, used for pink shrimp captures and bycatches (h)
“aviãozinho” nets suspended after fishery
M. Barletta et al.