Table 2 Threats to shark populations and possibilities for conservation suggested by the fishermen interviewed
From: “Shark is the man!”: ethnoknowledge of Brazil’s South Bahia fishermen regarding shark behaviors
Ethical view | Emic view (relative frequency) n = 65 | Possibilities |
|---|---|---|
Finning[100] | “Fishing that only takes shark fins (63,4%) | “Best monitor”; “Give high fine” |
Immature Capture [101] | Fish small sharks (61,9%) | “drop the baby sharks”, put closure, “increase the mesh of the nets” |
Bycatch Capture [102] | “Fishing with trawlnet”, “fishnet excess”, “stuck with longline hook in steel” (46,8%) | “forbid trawling”, “control gillnets use”, “forbid longline hooks stuck with Spiral wire Rope use” |
Females Capture [70] | “female fishing”; “fish a female carrying a baby shark in the belly” (15,1%) | “Drop females”; “make closure” |