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Table 6 Baits used to catch Epinephelus marginatus in the coast of Brazila, b

From: Ecology and ethnoecology of dusky grouper [garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)] along the coast of Brazil

Bait

Copacabana

Bertioga

Itacimirim

Florianópolis

Vitória Island

Total

Anything

3

1

 

1

 

5

Artificial bait

   

6

 

6

Bird

   

1

 

1

Bonito

2

4

 

4

2

12

Crabs

 

3

 

1

 

4

Crustacea

2

    

2

Deteriorated meat

1

2

   

3

Fish

 

2

12

2

 

16

Maize grass

   

1

 

1

Meat

   

2

 

2

Octopus

 

2

   

2

Sardine

3

8

7

4

 

22

Scad

  

7

  

7

Shrimp

1

1

1

  

3

Small molluscs

 

1

   

1

Squid

1

2

 

4

 

7

  1. aBertioga and Vitória Island (São Paulo), Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim (Bahia).
  2. bBased don interviews with experienced fishermen [40 years up, fishing and living in the locality for 25 years or more]
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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