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Lessons from Integrating Fishers of Arapaima in Small-Scale Fisheries Management at the Mamiraua Reserve, Amazon
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Fishers and small-scale fisheries worldwide have been marginalized historically. Now it is clear that integrating fishers in management processes is key to resource conservation, but it is less clear how to do it. Here, based on a literature review and new information, we present and analyze a case in which the participation of fishers in the management process was crucial in recovering an overexploited small-scale fishery for the pirarucu (Arapaima spp.) in the Amazon Basin, Brazil. In 8 years of experimental management, from 1999 to 2006, the population of pirarucu increased 9-fold (from about 2200 to 20,650 individuals), harvest quotas increased 10-fold (from 120 to 1249 individuals), and fishers' participation in the management process increased and they benefited from increased monetary returns. Additionally, the number of communities conducting the management scheme increased from 4 in 1999 to 108 in 2006, following the demands of fishers and regional government agencies. Based on our analysis, we suggest that the participation of fishers in the management of other small-scale fisheries in the world can be improved by focusing on (1) applying the knowledge and skills of fishers in resource monitoring and management, (2) bridging knowledge systems among all involved stakeholders, (3) collaborating with fishers that are interested in, and capable of conducting, resource conservation schemes, and (4) conducting management under conditions of uncertainty.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Castello, L., Viana, J. P., Watkins, G., Pinedo-Vasquez, M., & Luzadis, V. A.
- Affiliations
- State University of New York (US)
- Ministry of the Environment (BR)
- Charles Darwin Foundation (EC)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Castello, Leandro
- Venue
- Environmental Management
- Published
- 2008-10-23
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 197-209
- ISSN
- 0364-152X (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1009
- OpenAlex
- W2027109090
- Cited by
- 211
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coastal Fisheries and Human Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Keywords
- fisher participation, small-scale fisheries management, arapaima, Arapaima gigas, community management, harvest quotas, fisher knowledge, resource conservation, uncertainty in management, Amazon basin
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brazil, Conservation of Natural Resources, Community Participation, Fisheries, Fishes, Humans, Population Dynamics, Rivers
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