Identification of artisanal fishing territories and associated conflicts in the middle and lower Paraná River (Argentina) through participatory mapping

Castillo, Trilce Irupé; Baigún, Claudio Rafael Mariano

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102361

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“…As noted by [119,138], it is necessary to gather a better understanding of stakeholder values, preferences, and demands that the corridor provides. Many actors who use the river space and its resources have developed a fine capacity to perceive changes and transformations and be able to detect them at a local scale [246]. In this context, performing participatory mapping activities could represent also a suitable strategy for identifying and spatialize fluvial territories of important socio-economic and environmental relevance and help to setting management strategies and establishing priorities for solving community conflicts [247].…”

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Conserving the Paraguay-Paraná Fluvial Corridor in the XXI Century: Conflicts, Threats, and Challenges

Baigún

Minotti

2021

Sustainability

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The Paraguay-Paraná river system represents a unique, free-flowing corridor that extends about 3500 km southwards from the Pantanal to the Rio de la Plata estuary, crossing four countries. The absence of fragmentation along the main channels and its still well-connected floodplains have preserved longitudinal and lateral functional and structural connectivity, defining critical ecological gradients for the biota and species life cycles. The lack of dams represents a noticeable feature that benefits migratory species supporting small-scale fisheries providing food security and the conservation of other ecosystem services with associated livelihoods. The ecological integrity of this corridor could be severely affected by the potential expansion of the Hidrovía Paraguay-Paraná for improving commercial trade, the foreseen installation of new dams in the Paraná basin, in addition to other current impacts and threats. Conservation of the corridor for societal benefits, involving the sustainable development of activities associated with the use of the fluvial territory, requires maintaining the natural ecological process that sustains livelihoods and biodiversity. This calls for innovative strategies encompassing water governance process, social and environmental information related to expected impacts, a better understanding of synergies between processes, and foremost an interdisciplinary approach to design and apply integrative and multi-scale management policies.

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Conserving the Paraguay-Paraná Fluvial Corridor in the XXI Century: Conflicts, Threats, and Challenges

Baigún

Minotti

2021

Sustainability

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“…The fishing activity is generally carried out by full-time fishers in the main and secondary channels of the river and in floodplain lakes, using small boats, gillnets and line hooks (Iwaszkiw and Lacoste 2011 ; Baigún et al 2013 ; Castillo et al 2016 ). Several authors pointed out the various fishing practices and types of commercial fisheries along the Paraná River basin (Castillo and Baigún 2020 ), identifying different limits along the longitudinal gradient of the river. Although the activity involves all family members, the role of women in fishing is generally invisible since their tasks are considered as an extension of their unpaid household responsibilities (Delgado Gustavson 2011 ; Haslinda et al 2018 ).…”

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“…Although fisheries are relevant as an economic activity in the middle and lower Paraná River, most studies focused only on fishery data (Baigun et al 2013 ). Little research has been focused on the social and economic dimensions of artisanal fishery (Ferrero and Arizpe Ramos 2015 ), analyzing the legal framework (Castillo et al 2016 ) and identifying fishing territories and related conflicts (Castillo and Baigún 2020 ). This brings up the lack of regulations and control of SSFs, since fiscal fishing statistics are only available in some ports of the province, together with national data on exports of a few commercial species.…”

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Fishers’ knowledge on a large floodplain river in South America. Contributions for sustainable management of inland fisheries

Rabuffetti

Espínola

Amsler

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Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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This study presents a comparison between fishers’ knowledge and fiscal records about the structure of inland fisheries in the Paraná River (Argentina). First of all, we characterized the fishing population according to the main demographic and economic indicators, identifying two different fishing areas: the northern and southern sections in the lower La Plata basin. Secondly, we carried out a comparative analysis of fiscal fishery records (from two commercial sets: 1930–1984 and 2011–2019) and local fishers’ knowledge on inland commercial fisheries (frequency of occurrence and abundance). Finally, we contrasted current fishing regulations (allowed meshes and boats, fishing prohibitions, exports) to fishers’ effective practices. The study area included 52 sites located along the floodplain of the middle and lower sections of the Paraná River, in the province of Santa Fe. Socioeconomic analyses identified two different groups of fishers throughout the river corridor. Results showed that fishers have detailed knowledge on nomenclature, ecology, reproductive strategy, habitat distribution, and usefulness of commercial fish species. By contrasting fishers’ knowledge with fiscal records, we found similar and complementary information about the changes in abundance and frequency of occurrence in fisheries. These results highlight the need of including local knowledge as an outstanding source of information for well-planned management of fishing programs and sustainable policies. Graphical abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-022-09722-x.

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An Assessment of Small-scale Fisheries of the Paraná River Delta Through the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

Castillo,

Baigún,

Trimble

2023

Hum Ecol

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Identification of artisanal fishing territories and associated conflicts in the middle and lower Paraná River (Argentina) through participatory mapping

Cited by 4 publications

References 52 publications

Conserving the Paraguay-Paraná Fluvial Corridor in the XXI Century: Conflicts, Threats, and Challenges

Conserving the Paraguay-Paraná Fluvial Corridor in the XXI Century: Conflicts, Threats, and Challenges

Fishers’ knowledge on a large floodplain river in South America. Contributions for sustainable management of inland fisheries

An Assessment of Small-scale Fisheries of the Paraná River Delta Through the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

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