This paper presents conclusions and recommendations that emerged from the 7th World Recreational Fishing Conference (WRFC) held in Campinas, Brazil in September 2014. Based on the recognition of the immense social and economic importance of recreational fisheries coupled with weaknesses in robust information about these fisheries in many areas of the world, particularly in many economies in transition, it is recommended to increase effort to build effective governance arrangements and improve monitoring and assessment frameworks in data‐poor situations. Moreover, there is a need to increase interdisciplinary studies that will foster a systematic understanding of recreational fisheries as complex adaptive social‐ecological systems. To promote sustainable recreational fisheries on a global scale, it is recommended the detailed suggestions for governance and management outlined in the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries: Recreational Fisheries are followed.

RESUMO CAPTURAS NÃO REGULADAS PROVENIENTES DA PESCA RECREATIVA DO NORDESTE DO BRASILEstimativas globais acuradas das capturas provenientes da pesca recreativa não existem, uma vez que a maior parte dos países não tem a obrigação de registrar as capturas das atividades recreativas. Um aumento do conhecimento sobre o impacto da pesca recreativa que, em alguns casos, pode superar o impacto da pesca comercial, tem levado alguns países a coletar informações sobre as capturas recreativas. Tal sistema ainda é inexistente em países tais como o Brasil. A pesca recreativa no nordeste do Brasil é principalmente costeira e estruturada em torno de clubes de pesca, os quais promovem anualmente mais de 100 torneios de pesca. Estes torneios são realizados durante todo o ano, mas são menos freqüentes durante a estação chuvosa e com ventos intensos (julho a setembro), e durante a época das férias locais (dezembro a janeiro). As capturas destes torneios atingiram um pico de três toneladas em 1998. Não existe informação detalhada sobre as capturas por espécie. Estas estimativas de capturas de torneios são preliminares, uma vez que não incluem todos os estados nem a pesca oceânica.PALAVRAS CHAVE: Pesca recreativa, pesca esportiva, pesca amadora, campeonatos de pesca. ABSTRACTAccurate global estimates of recreational catches are missing, as most countries do not have the mandate to report catches from recreational activities. Increasing awareness of the impact of recreational fisheries, which in some cases can surpass that from commercial fisheries, has led some countries to collect information on recreational catches. Such a system is still lacking in countries such as Brazil. Recreational fisheries in northeastern Brazil are mainly shore-based and structured around fishing clubs, which promote more than 100 fishing tournaments annually. These tournaments are run year-round, but are less frequent during the rainy, windy season (July to September) and the local holiday season (December to January). Catches from these tournaments amounted to a peak of three tonnes in 1998, which added to the previously estimated 1,147 tonnes caught outside tournaments, are much lower than those from commercial fisheries (131 thousand tonnes). There is no detailed information on catches per species. These estimates of tournament catches are preliminary, as they do not include all States and oceanic fisheries.

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Fish species caught by shrimp trawlers off the coast of Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil, and their length-weight relations. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 48 (3): 277-283.

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