Community-based monitoring of small-scale fisheries with digital devices in Brazilian Amazon

A.F.P. Oviedo, M. Bursztyn — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:00:29 +0000

Abstract: Fisheries management is potentially a short-term measure for reducing floodplain fisheries degradation. This objective can only be achieved if adequate measures to improve fishery governance and ecosystem conservation are taken. The monitoring of fisheries management is likely to be important for understanding the effectiveness of local rules and the impacts on aquatic biodiversity. Given...

indigenous; indigenous communities; indigenous participants; native; native communities; data quality; information and communication technologies; harvest permits; smartphones; fishery management – Citizen Science Today

Community-based monitoring of small-scale fisheries with digital devices in Brazilian Amazon