Unregulated catches from recreational fisheries off northeastern Brazil

Abstract

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.

Brazilian recreational fisheries: current status, challenges and future direction

“…Oceanic events have also been organised off the coasts of the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco (including Fernando de Noronha Island) and Bahia (Freire et al . ,b). However, no details on species composition have been reported.…”

“…The first shore‐based fishing events took place in the 1960s (Freire et al . ,b) and oceanic competitive events have been promoted since 1962 off the state of Rio de Janeiro, including an international tournament in 1972 (Barroso ). Recreational spearfishing has also been practiced since at least 1970 (Anon ).…”

Collaborative assessment of recreational fishing in a subtropical estuarine system: a case study with fishing guides from south‐eastern Brazil

“…), including catches from fishing tournaments that are held in oceanic (Amorim & Silva ; Amorim et al . ) and coastal areas (Freire , ; Freire et al . ).…”

Analysis of Marine Catches Off the State of Sergipe (1950-2010)

“…This club used to promote competitive fishing events. However, there were some internal conflicts in 1994 that led to the establishment of a new club, the Associação Sergipana de Pescadores Amadores -Bons Ventos (ASPA-BV) (Freire, 2010), and CPAM/SE was closed. Currently, ASPA-BV has 150 members, with 137 of them very active.…”