Riverside schools promote initiatives to survey fishing activity with citizen science: a case study in the Madeira Basin, Amazon, Brazil
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Ethnoichthyology, Artisanal fishing, Scientific education, ConservationAbstract
This work aimed to collect ethnoichthyological information from fisher peoples in the Baixo Madeira region, through the participatory citizen science methodology applied in the public schools Juracy de Lima Tavares (São Carlos) and Raimundo Nonato Vieira da Silva (Cujubim Grande). The research involved 125 high school students, aged 15-23, in the different stages of the scientific investigation: definition of the question, data collection and analysis, and presentation and discussion of results. The students carried out daily records of family consumption of animal protein and field interviews with local fisher people. The results showed that fisher peoples have a median age of 40 years, and use fish mainly for consumption (59% São Carlos; 62% Cujubim Grande). The median fish consumption was, for São Carlos, 0.38kg/person/day and, for Cujubim Grande, 0.32kg/person/day. The consumption of 24 species of fish was recorded, highlighting frugivorous species, representing >40% of the total biomass in kilograms (kg). Ecological information, obtained from fisher peoples about the fruit plants that serve as food for frugivorous fish and the environments exploited by these species, reinforces the importance of conserving and protecting flooded forests to maintain fishing stocks. This innovative educational experience provided students with collective learning about the importance of fishing resources for family subsistence and contributed to the valorization of fishing activity and citizen knowledge to generate subsidies for management and conservation programs that can guarantee the sustainability of fisheries.Downloads
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