678
Fig. 20.27 Cooperative
fishery between the
bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncates) and
traditional fisher for the
capture of mullets (Mugil
spp.) in the sea-lagoon
interface (Laguna
Estuarine System). (a)
interaction between the
dolphin and fishermen; (b)
cast nets used for the
captures; (c) vendor
display. In this fishery, the
fishers throw the cast net
next to the dolphins, and
when mullets try to escape,
they are raped by the
dolphins and are forced to
go back onto the net
20.5 Discussion
20.5.1 The Importance of Accurate Landing Stats
As common feature, most estuarine complexes in the Western Atlantic coast have a
simplistic record of the production in total biomass for a given location as fishery
data, without descriptions of capture per unit effort, lengths of capture, bycatches or
M. Barletta et al.
Fig. 20.27 Cooperative
fishery between the
bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncates) and
traditional fisher for the
capture of mullets (Mugil
spp.) in the sea-lagoon
interface (Laguna
Estuarine System). (a)
interaction between the
dolphin and fishermen; (b)
cast nets used for the
captures; (c) vendor
display. In this fishery, the
fishers throw the cast net
next to the dolphins, and
when mullets try to escape,
they are raped by the
dolphins and are forced to
go back onto the net
20.5 Discussion
20.5.1 The Importance of Accurate Landing Stats
As common feature, most estuarine complexes in the Western Atlantic coast have a
simplistic record of the production in total biomass for a given location as fishery
data, without descriptions of capture per unit effort, lengths of capture, bycatches or
M. Barletta et al.