Artisanal Fisher Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Compress or Fishing in a North-Eastern Brazilian Marine Protected Area

Author Information

Márcio L. V. Barbosa-Filho, Programa de Pós-graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação daNatureza, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Campus Dois IrmãosFollow
Gabriel Barros Gonçalves de Souza, Laboratório de Biologia e Tecnologia Pesqueira (BioTecPesca), Instituto de Biologia/CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroFollow
Sergio de Faria Lopes, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da ParaíbaFollow
Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FiocruzFollow
Salvatore Siciliano, Laboratório de Biodiversidade, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FiocruzFollow
José da Silva Mourão, Departamento de Biologia,Universidade Estadual da ParaíbaFollow

Date of Publication

1-1-2020 12:00 AM

Publication Date

June 7, 2020

Security Theme

IUU Fishing

Keywords

IUU Fishing, srhreports, iuufishing, country-brazil, IUU fishing, compressor diving, artisanal fishing, the Marine Extractive Reserve of Corumbau (MERC), Abrolhos, Northeast Brazil

Description

IUU (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) fishing is prohibited in Marine Protected Areas (MPA), practices such as fishing with compressor devices have been reported at the Marine Extractive Reserve of Corumbau (MERC), Brazil. In this case study we use data on MERC fisher knowledge and attitudes concerning compressor fishing gathered through semistructured interviews to discuss MPA strengths and weaknesses in preventing IUU fishing. We discuss the roles, potentials, and limitations of MPAs in preventing illegal fishing and protecting fishers from competition with industrial fishing. We recommend the IUU be vigorously combated in Brazilian MPAs.