Fishers' multidimensional knowledge advances fisheries and aquatic science

Renato A M Silvano; Ian G Baird; Alpina Begossi; Gustavo Hallwass; Henry P Huntington; Priscila F M Lopes; Brenda Parlee; Fikret Berkes

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.002

Fishers' multidimensional knowledge advances fisheries and aquatic science

Trends Ecol Evol. 2023 Jan;38(1):8-12. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.002. Epub 2022 Nov 8.

Authors

Renato A M Silvano¹, Ian G Baird², Alpina Begossi³, Gustavo Hallwass⁴, Henry P Huntington⁵, Priscila F M Lopes⁶, Brenda Parlee⁷, Fikret Berkes⁸

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Ecologia e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil; Fisheries and Food Institute - FIFO (www.fisheriesandfood.com), Rio de Janeiro 22081-010, Brazil. Electronic address: renato.silvano@ufrgs.br.
² Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
³ Fisheries and Food Institute - FIFO (www.fisheriesandfood.com), Rio de Janeiro 22081-010, Brazil; Center of Food Studies and Research (NEPA), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas 13083-852, Brazil; Graduate Program, Santa Cecília University, Santos 11045-907, Brazil.
⁴ Fisheries and Food Institute - FIFO (www.fisheriesandfood.com), Rio de Janeiro 22081-010, Brazil; Instituto de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), São Sebastião do Paraíso 37950-000, Brazil.
⁵ Ocean Conservancy, Eagle River, AK 99577, USA.
⁶ Fisheries and Food Institute - FIFO (www.fisheriesandfood.com), Rio de Janeiro 22081-010, Brazil; Fishing Ecology, Management and Economics Group, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-900, Brazil.
⁷ University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G2H1, Canada.
⁸ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg R3T 2N2, Canada.

PMID: 36369163
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.002

Abstract

Fishers' Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) has multidimensional contributions to improve fisheries and aquatic ecosystems science, ranging from algae to whales and including management, conservation, ecology, and impact assessment. The challenges are to sustain this knowledge, recognize its value, and to include ILK holders in resource management and decision-making.

Keywords: Indigenous knowledge; aquatic ecosystems; ethnobiology; fisheries management; knowledge coproduction; local ecological knowledge; participatory monitoring; sustainability.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecology
Ecosystem*
Fisheries*
Fishes
Whales