Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil
Published on 21. November 2018
Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil
Marcelo Moreira de Carvalho, Mônica Rocha de Oliveira, Priscila Fabiana Macedo Lopes, Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira
ABSTRACT:
Background
Accessing folk knowledge from small-scale fishers is an affordable and reliable approach to understand the dynamic and diversity of shark species worldwide, especially of those eventually caught. In this context, ethnotaxonomy (folk identification and classification) may represent an alternative to support sharks fisheries management, especially in data-poor places. This study aimed to investigate fishing and ethnotaxonomy of the main shark species caught by small-scale fisheries from the coastal waters of the Brazilian Northeast.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2018; 14: 71. doi: 10.1186/s13002-018-0273-0