Table 5 Results of interviews performed with artisanal fishers1
From: Ethnobiology of snappers (Lutjanidae): target species and suggestions for management
Fishers and Questions | BertiogaaSE Brazil N = 15 | CopacabanabSE Brazil N = 13 | Paraty SE Brazil (Praia Grande and Ilha do Araújo) N = 15 | Porto Sauípe NE Brazil N = 14 | Riacho Docec, Maceió NE Brazil N = 13 | Total N = 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fishers interviewed: | Range | |||||
Average Age | 50 | 49 | 46 | 60 | 40 | 40-60 |
Minimum Age | 24 | 25 | 28 | 38 | 27 | 24-38 |
Maximum Age | 80 | 74 | 63 | 73 | 61 | 61-80 |
Average Time fishing | 32 | 28 | 35 | 48 | 22 | 22-48 |
Minimum Time fishing | 10 | 12 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 10-29 |
Maximum Time fishing | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 50 | 50-65 |
Average Local Residence Time | 27 | 35 | 45 | 59 | 40 | 27-59 |
Minimum Local Residence Time | 13 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 27 | 10-38 |
Maximum Local Residence Time | 66 | 62 | 63 | 73 | 61 | 61-73 |
What do snappers eat? | ||||||
Fish | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
Sardines (Clupeidae) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
Manjuba (Engraulidae) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Other fish | Paraty:1 | Mackerel: 1 Agullha: 1 | Carapau: 4 Mackerel:1 Saramunete: 1 | 9 | ||
Caranguejo/siri (Crabs) (caranguejo/siri) | 1/ | 5/1 | /1 | 6/2 | ||
Shrimp | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 35 |
Lobster | 1 | 1 | ||||
Other crustacea | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Marisco (mussels) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||
Squid/Octopus | 4/ | 2/ | 4/2 | 1/1 | 10/3 | |
Other mollusc | 2 | 2 | ||||
Algae | 4 | 4 | ||||
Where do snappers live? | ||||||
Rocky substrate | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 60 |
Cascalho (gravel) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
Beaches | 1 | /3 | 1/4 | |||
Coast | 1 | 1 | ||||
Corals | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Deep water | 3 | 2 | ||||
When do snappers are mature/spawn? | ||||||
Does not know | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 36 |
Autumn | 0 | |||||
Winter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Spring | 3 | 1 | 10d | 14 | ||
Summer | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
All year round | 1 | 1 | 2 |