A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil

cg.contributor.affiliationFederal University of Para
cg.coverage.countryBrazil
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.description.themeFisheriesen_US
cg.identifier.statusOpen access
cg.identifier.worldfish2304
cg.subject.agrovocfloodplains
cg.subject.agrovocsmall-scale fisheries
cg.subject.worldfishfishing gears
cg.subject.worldfishflood plains
dc.creatorMcGrath, D.G.
dc.creatorda Silva, U.L.
dc.creatorCrossa, N.M.M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T06:50:05Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T06:50:05Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes fishing activities of households in four communities located in a floodplain lake system of the lower Amazon river. An average of 42 households were interviewed about their fishing activity on a monthly basis. The fishery is a typical multi-gear, multi-specific artisanal fishery. Approximately ten types of fishing gear are utilized, of which the three main types of gillnets account for 51% of the total catch. The catch per trip averaged 15 kg, for an annual total of 2,295 kg per household. Some 40 species or groups of species are caught, although four species account for 50% of the total. There is a strong seasonal pattern to the fishery, with catch per trip and catch per unit effort (CPUE) highest in the low water season (September-November). While there are marked differences between subsistence and commercially oriented fishing strategies, these differences are more in degree than in type, since fishers use the same types of gear and most fishers regularly sell part of their catch.
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dc.identifier.citationNAGA 21 (1): 4-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/2542
dc.languageen
dc.publisherICLARM
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.sourceNAGA
dc.titleA traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMcGrath, D.G.; da Silva, U.L.; Crossa, N.M.M. (1998). A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil. NAGA 21 (1): 4-11

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