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Table 9 Local Knowledge on spawning season of 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

Spawning Season

Copacabana

Bertioga

Itacimirim

Florianópolis

Vitória I.

Total

Apr–May

1

    

1

August

  

1

  

1

Cold/Rainy Season

 

3

3

1

 

7

December

   

2

 

2

Dec–Feb

1

   

1

2

Jul–May

   

1

 

1

June

1

    

1

March

   

1

 

1

Nov–Dec

 

1

   

1

November

1

    

1

Nov–May

  

1

  

1

Oct–Nov

   

4

 

4

Summer

 

2

 

1

 

3

Does not know

6

5

10

2

1

24

Interviews

10

11

15

11

2

49

  1. aBertioga and Vitória Island (São Paulo), Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim (Bahia).
  2. bBased on 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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