In search of traditional bio-ecological knowledge useful for fisheries co-management

The jaraquis ( Semaprochilodus spp. ) are the most abundant group in the fishing landing in Manaus. However, just command and control management strategies have been used by the fishery governmental agency in the region without the power to enforce centralized decisions. The fishermen and their culture represent a source of information on dynamics of the resources and aquatic environments, fundamental in making possible the co-management of the fishing resources. The present study aims to contribute to management through identification of common information available in scientific and traditional knowledge about the jaraquis' bio-ecology. There were 57 semi-structured interviews recorded with fishermen of Manaus and rural areas of Manacapuru in 2002 concerning biological and ecological aspects. Similarity was observed between scientific and traditional knowledge in the following items: size of first sexual maturation, spawning type, parental care, trophic relationships and migratory behavior, as well as in some aspects of the mortality and growth of the species. However, there was less ethnoicthyological information on fecundity and the determination of the age and growth of adult fish. Common information would be used preferably by agencies to start an effective and technical dialogue with commercial and riverine fishermen to design management plans in a decentralized strategy

Agency (philosophy · Biology · Environmental resource management · Fisheries management · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Trophic level · Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth · Fish Biology and Ecology Studies · Fish biology, ecology, and behavior · Ecology

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