By-catch the marine fisheries off Northern Brasil

Authors

  • Victoria J. Isaac Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Biologia da Universidade Federal do Pará e Bolsista-Pesquisador do CNPq, Campus Universit-ario do Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-900
  • Tony Marcos P. Braga Bolsista-Pesquisador do CNPq, Projeto MADAM, Av. Perimetral, 2651 - Belém, PA 66077-570

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v32i1-2.31342

Keywords:

trawl fisheries, by-catch utilization, shrimp, catfish, waste, Northern Brazil.

Abstract

This paper aims to review, organize and tummarize the existing information on the fisheries and the “accompanying fauna” in estuarine and marine zones of the northern region of Brazil, especially those that invlove trawl operations for shrimp and catfish. We discuss the problems and possible solutions for the reduction and utilization of by-catch, aiming to contribute for optimizing, yield revenue and avoiding ecological damages.

 

Published

2018-03-05

Issue

Section

Artigos originais