Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil)

Table 1 Numerical and spatial characterization of the raftsmen studied groups, Southern Bahia, Brazil

Groups of raftsmen	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Number of raftsmen	26	6	3	5	6
Number of participants	23	4	3	1	5
County	Uruçuca	Ilhéus	Ilhéus	Ilhéus	Canavieiras
Location (collect point)	Serra Grande	Mamoã	Olivença	Acuípe	Atalaia
Continental shelf width	Short (5 km)	Short (5 km)	Large (20 km)	Large (20 km)	Large
Protected areas (UICN category/number)	II—01 V—02	II—01 V—01	**	**	VI—01
Fishing strategy	Line	Line	Trawls	Trawls	Trawls/line
Raft type	Motor and sail	Motor sail	Not sail	Not sail	Sail
Average distance traveled	2.00	2.10	0.30	0.15	1.30

*It features the distance reached on the ocean floor from the continental shelf where the rafts were found [33]
**Data not available

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