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| Nunes,José de Anchieta Cintra da Costa; Medeiros,Diego Valverde; Reis-Filho,José Amorim; Sampaio,Cláudio Luis Santos; Barros,Francisco. |
| Although recreational spearfishing is a growing activity, its impacts are poorly understood. This paper aims to present data on reef fishes captured by recreational spearfishing in the Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil. We analyzed 168 photos of spearfishing conducted in the reefs of this region between 2006 and 2008. A total of 1.121 fish belonging to 48 species were captured in three sub-regions of the Bahia coastline: Litoral Norte (LN), Salvador (SSA) and Baixo Sul (BS). The main species caught were: Scomberomorus brasiliensis (n = 191), Sphyraena barracuda (n = 153), Lutjanus jocu (n = 150) and Caranx bartholomaei (n = 141); these four species represented 56.5% of total captures. Over the sampling period, the highest values of catch rates per day were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Overfishing; Coral reefs; Salvador; Litoral Norte; Baixo Sul. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032012000100014 |
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