A Method to Count Pirarucu Arapaima gigas: Fishers, Assessment, and Management

By L. Castello. 2004

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Understanding fishing-induced extinctions in the Amazon (2015, methodology): “Arapaima populations were censused during November and December 2011, in 41 of the 81 communities included in the interviews, using the method of Castello (2004) that allows expert fishers to count the arapaima at the moment of aerial breathing, in two size classes: juvenile (1–1.5m TL) or adult…”
Population density, growth and reproduction of arapaima in an Amazonian river‐floodplain (2010, methodology): “Accurate estimates of population abundance of arapaima were made each year for 1999 through 2006, using the counting method of Castello (2004), which involves experienced fishermen counting fishes at the moment of aerial breathing.”
Lateral migration of Arapaima gigas in floodplains of the Amazon (2008, methodology): “Castello (2004) demonstrated that experienced fishers can count the number of pirarucu accurately, by comparing counts made by the fishers (of pirarucu longer than 1 m) with independent estimates of abundance (calculated using total catches and markrecapture methods).”
What can be learned from fishers? An integrated survey of fishers’ local ecological knowledge and bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) biology on the Brazilian coast (2009, background): “In Brazilian Amazon freshwater fisheries, such approaches have been yielding promising results, in terms of maintenance of exploited stocks and greater compliance of fishers with management rules (Queiroz & Crampton, 1999; Castello, 2004; McGrath et al., 2008).”
Assessing CITES non-detriment findings procedures for Arapaima in Brazil (2010, background): “Lack of information on population levels and associated harvests has been a major issue impeding sustainable management of Arapaima (Castello, 2004).”