Article
Fisheries
Rachel F. Ainsworth, Ian G. Cowx, Simon J. Funge-Smith
Summary: Inland waters support the livelihoods of up to 820 million people and contribute significantly to global food security. However, inland fisheries are often overlooked and face challenges such as climate change and habitat loss, hindering their sustainable management.
FISH AND FISHERIES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rick D. Stuart-Smith, Graham J. Edgar, Ella Clausius, Elizabeth S. Oh, Neville S. Barrett, Michael J. Emslie, Amanda E. Bates, Nic Bax, Daniel Brock, Antonia Cooper, Tom R. Davis, Paul B. Day, Jillian C. Dunic, Andrew Green, Norfaizny Hasweera, Jamie Hicks, Thomas H. Holmes, Ben Jones, Alan Jordan, Nathan Knott, Meryl F. Larkin, Scott D. Ling, Peter Mooney, Jacqueline B. Pocklington, Yanir Seroussi, Ian Shaw, Derek Shields, Margo Smith, German A. Soler, Jemina Stuart-Smith, Emre Turak, John W. Turnbull, Camille Mellin
Summary: Warming seas, marine heatwaves, and habitat degradation have dynamic and widespread impacts on marine biodiversity, with the extent of these impacts varying regionally. Temperature-related changes are most evident in temperate and subtropical reefs, while low latitude coral reefs are affected by habitat changes. Scaling up ecological monitoring is crucial for understanding the diverse drivers of large-scale biodiversity change and connecting disjointed systems of biodiversity observation, indicator research, and governance.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Lisiane Hahn, Eduardo G. Martins, Leonardo D. Nunes, Leonardo S. Machado, Taise M. Lopes, Luis Fernando da Camara
Summary: The recent large-scale hydropower development in the Amazon basin has raised concerns about the movements of migratory fishes such as goliath catfish. In the Madeira River, the efficiency of a fishway in the Santo Antonio hydropower plant was evaluated using telemetry techniques. The study revealed the inefficiency of the fishway for the target species and led to its reconstruction.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Sebastian A. Heilpern, Kathryn Fiorella, Carlos Canas, Alexander S. Flecker, Luis Moya, Shahid Naeem, Suresh A. Sethi, Maria Uriarte, Ruth DeFries
Summary: Substituting wild inland fisheries with chicken and aquaculture may exacerbate iron deficiencies and limit essential fatty acid supplies, while increasing zinc and protein supplies. Chicken and aquaculture production also have negative environmental impacts, such as increased greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural land use, and eutrophication.
Article
Ecology
Paula Evelyn Rubira Pereyra, Gustavo Hallwass, Alpina Begossi, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Renato Azevedo Matias Silvano
Summary: This study investigates the feeding interactions between frugivorous fish and plants in three rivers in the Brazilian Amazon based on local ecological knowledge held by fishers. The study found that a total of 92 plants were consumed by the six frugivorous fishes in the three rivers. The interaction networks varied in nestedness, connectance, and modularity among the rivers. The findings contribute to our understanding of ecological interactions and the effects of anthropic changes in tropical rivers.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
C. Smith, J. C. A. Baker, D. V. Spracklen
Summary: Tropical deforestation has been shown to cause reduced precipitation across the tropics, with the effect increasing at larger scales. However, there is disagreement between satellite, station-based, and reanalysis datasets on the magnitude and direction of precipitation responses to forest loss. Future deforestation in the Congo is estimated to reduce local precipitation by 8-10% in 2100. These findings highlight the importance of tropical forest conservation for regional climate resilience.
Article
Ecology
Kai Chen, Stephen R. Midway, Brandon K. Peoples, Beixin Wang, Julian D. Olden
Summary: Land use intensification has caused noticeable changes in plant and animal communities worldwide. By studying riverine fish and insect communities across different land use gradients in the United States, this study found that both taxonomic and functional community composition exhibit abrupt threshold changes due to land use conversion. The study also revealed that functional composition shows greater geographic consistency compared to taxonomic composition in response to urban and agricultural land use change. Additionally, the traits contributing the most to functional composition change vary along urban and agricultural land gradients. This study highlights the importance of considering trait-based indicators of community change in informing land use management strategies and policies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Renato A. M. Silvano, Paula E. R. Pereyra, Alpina Begossi, Gustavo Hallwass
Summary: This study investigates the knowledge of fishers on different fish species in two megadiverse rivers in the Brazilian Amazon and explores the relationship between such knowledge and fish importance to fisheries, fish abundance, and fish size.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Leandro E. Miranda, Nicky M. Faucheux
Summary: Aging and climate change are two slow-moving developments that pose threats to reservoir aquatic habitats globally. Aging affects in-lake habitats directly, while climate change affects both in-lake and off-lake conditions. Climate change is expected to accelerate aging and its effects remain uncertain.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Louise Anderson, Peter Houk, Mark G. R. Miller, Javier Cuetos-Bueno, Curtis Graham, Kriskitina Kanemoto, Elizabeth Terk, Elizabeth McLeod, Maria Beger
Summary: This study introduces the framework of Trait-based adaptive management (TBAM) and applies it to food fish populations in the Pacific coral reef. By evaluating different drivers and vulnerabilities, it reveals that the community structure of fish populations is driven by various aspects of resource use and habitat. This framework offers selective management strategies for complex, multispecies fisheries.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Evan N. Dethier, Miles Silman, Jimena Diaz Leiva, Sarra Alqahtani, Luis E. Fernandez, Paul Pauca, Seda Camalan, Peter Tomhave, Francis J. Magilligan, Carl E. Renshaw, David A. Lutz
Summary: Increasing gold and mineral mining activity in rivers across the global tropics has degraded ecosystems and threatened human health. Such river mineral mining involves intensive excavation and sediment processing in river corridors, altering river form and releasing excess sediment downstream. Our findings highlight the ubiquity and intensity of mining-associated degradation in tropical river systems.
Article
Oceanography
Ariane R. Ribeiro, Ludmila M. A. Damasio, Renato A. M. Silvano
Summary: Studies have shown a high agreement between local ecological knowledge (LEK) of small-scale fishers and scientific data on fish diet and migration patterns. However, there is less knowledge and lower agreement among fishers when it comes to fish reproduction. Fishers reported declines in abundance and size of studied grouper species, particularly in the threatened fish E. itajara, over time.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Oceanography
Erica Antunes Jimenez, Roberta Sa Leitao Barboza, Jamile da Silva Garcia, Ellen Cristina da Silva Correa, Marilu Teixeira Amaral, Flavia Lucena Fredou
Summary: This study used Brazil's export data to analyze trends in maw trade along the Amazon coast, finding a significant increase in exports with China as the dominant importer. Demand for maws is rising, but many fisheries remain unregulated, posing a threat to vulnerable species.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Jerald S. Ault, Steven G. Smith, Matthew W. Johnson, Laura Jay W. Grove, James A. Bohnsack, Gerard T. DiNardo, Caroline McLaughlin, Nelson M. Ehrhardt, Vanessa McDonough, Michael P. Seki, Steven L. Miller, Jiangang Luo, Jeremiah Blondeau, Michael P. Crosby, Glenn Simpson, Mark E. Monaco, Clayton G. Pollock, Michael W. Feeley, Alejandro Acosta
Summary: This study evaluated the exploitation impacts and management options for 15 coral reef fish species in the southern Florida USA coral reef ecosystem. The study found that several species had insufficient stock sustainability and suggested management strategies such as increasing minimum sizes and reducing fishing mortality. The importance of area-time protections and the limitations of data for evaluation were also highlighted.
FISHERIES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Victor Emmanuel Lopes da Silva, Marina Dolbeth, Nidia Noemi Fabre
Summary: The study assessed tropical coastal dynamics by measuring fish diversity in different habitats across three estuarine systems in the southwestern Atlantic. Different patterns of species occurrence and distribution were found between habitats and seasons, affecting taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity dimensions. Redundancy in functional diversity was observed among habitats in both dry and rainy seasons.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Daniela Barros, Miguel Petrere Jr, Leandro Castello, Paulo Brasil Santos, Davi Butturi-Gomes, Victoria Judith Isaac
Summary: Research shows that the catch of the curimatA (P. nigricans) in the Amazon Basin is influenced by the variability in river water levels, with a negative relationship between water levels and catches. Additionally, there is a positive correlation with a 15-month lag between river water levels and catch, indicating that years with more extensive flooding lead to greater catches 15 months later.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Caroline C. Arantes, Leandro Castello, Xavier Basurto, Nicole Angeli, Aby Sene-Haper, David G. McGrath
Summary: The study found that in community-based management of arapaima in the Amazon Basin, the design principles of defined boundaries and graduated sanctions have the strongest influence on increasing arapaima density. While other design principles are also important, strengthening the presence of these two principles in communities can improve management effectiveness.
Article
Environmental Sciences
L. Cynthia Watson, Donald J. Stewart, Kean Clifford, Leandro Castello, Deirdre Jafferally, Samantha James, Zacharias Norman, Graham G. Watkins
Summary: Population estimates and conservation interventions have led to the recovery of arapaima populations in the upper Essequibo basin in Guyana, changing their conservation status from borderline critically endangered to near threatened. However, there is still a shortage of young fishes, indicating potential illegal removals and challenges for sustainable population growth.
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Alberto Akama, Jose Dilermando Andrade Filho, Valter M. Azevedo-Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira Barbosa, Luis Mauricio Bini, Marcelo Fulgencio Guedes Brito, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro, Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi, Priscilla Carvalho, Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho, Leandro Castello, Davi Borges das Chagas, Carine Cavalcante Chamon, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Vanessa Salete Daga, Murilo Sversut Dias, Jose Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho, Philip Fearnside, Wagner de Melo Ferreira, Diego Azevedo Zoccal Garcia, Tiago Kutter Krolow, Rodrigo Ferreira Kruger, Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse, Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior, Solange de Fatima Lolis, Fabyano Alvares Cardoso Lopes, Rafael Dias Loyola, Andre Lincoln Barroso Magalhaes, Adriana Malvasio, Paulo De Marco Jr, Pedro Ribeiro Martins, Rosana Mazzoni, Joao Carlos Nabout, Mario Luis Orsi, Andre Andrian Padial, Hasley Rodrigo Pereira, Thiago Nilton Alves Pereira, Phamela Bernardes Peronico, Miguel Petrere Jr, Renato Torres Pinheiro, Etiene Fabbrin Pires, Paulo Santos Pompeu, Thiago Costa Goncalves Portelinha, Edson Eyji Sano, Vagner Leonardo Macedo dos Santos, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro, Idelina Gomes da Silva, Lucas Barbosa e Souza, Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro, Mariana Pires de Campos Telles, Fabricio Barreto Teresa, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Livia Helena Tonella, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, Jean Ricardo Simoes Vitule, Jansen Zuanon
Summary: The Tocantins-Araguaia Basin, one of the largest river systems in South America, is facing serious threats to its biodiversity and ecosystem services due to capital-concentrating activities. Formulating better policies is crucial to ensure the sustainability of the basin in the long term.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Fisheries
Steven J. Cooke, Elizabeth Nyboer, Abigail Bennett, Abigail J. Lynch, Dana M. Infante, Ian G. Cowx, T. Douglas Beard, Devin Bartley, Craig P. Paukert, Andrea J. Reid, Simon Funge-Smith, Edith Gondwe, Emmanuel Kaunda, John D. Koehn, Nicholas J. Souter, Gretchen L. Stokes, Leandro Castello, Nancy J. Leonard, Christian Skov, Soren Berg, William W. Taylor
Summary: Inland fisheries make significant contributions to food security and livelihoods globally, but their conservation and management are often overlooked. The Rome Declaration outlined ten key steps for responsible inland fisheries management, which can benefit from lessons learned from local/regional actions to inform a more global action plan. Success in the responsible management of inland fisheries will require coordinated efforts among on-the-ground practitioners, scientists, stakeholders, rightsholders, and international decision makers.
REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Felipe Carvalho, Leandro Castello, Beatrice Ferreira, Gavin McDonald, Michael Power
Summary: Our research explored how different fishing gears select for distinct functional traits of fish assemblages within different habitat types. Gears used in reef habitats showed high selectivity for sedentary and benthic species that form small schools, while gears used in coastal lagoons selected highly mobile, pelagic species that form large schools. There was low competitive interaction between gear types, with direct associations between gears and fish functional traits, highlighting the need for further research to understand global patterns of trait selectivity by gear type.
Correction
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Felipe Carvalho, Leandro Castello, Beatrice Ferreira, Gavin McDonald, Michael Power
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nicolas Dubos, Maxime Lenormand, Leandro Castello, Thierry Oberdorff, Antoine Guisan, Sandra Luque
Summary: The Amazon floodplains, which represent valuable ecosystems, are neglected and not included in protected areas. Climate change and its consequences on floodplains are not considered in species distribution models and protection gap analyses. This study shows that a significant portion of the suitable environment for the Arapaima fish is currently unprotected and will decline with future climate change. Protection gaps are found mainly in the south-western part of the basin, and the extension of the current protected area network is recommended.
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Jason M. Cope, Natalie A. Dowling, Sybrand A. Hesp, Kristen L. Omori, Pia Bessell-Browne, Leandro Castello, Rowan Chick, Dawn Dougherty, Steven J. Holmes, Richard McGarvey, Daniel Ovando, Josh Nowlis, Jeremy Prince
Summary: The term data-limited fisheries refers to situations where there is insufficient data to support a fully integrated stock assessment model. These conditions can range from a complete lack of data to reliable quantitative assessments, and can also be constrained by limited resources. The DLMapper tool is introduced to identify the level of data limitation in a fishery and provide guiding principles for management. By outlining the conditions that create data-limited situations and linking them to guidance, this approach aims to improve the communication and development of limited stock assessment in fisheries management.
REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Leandro Castello
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jose Amorim Reis-Filho, Fecundo Ramos-Filho, Leandro Castello, Tommaso Giarrizzo
Summary: Analysis of small-scale inland fisheries (SSIFs) often lacks a comprehensive understanding of their contributions to society due to insufficient attention and the diverse nature of these fisheries, which are often located in remote areas. By involving fishers as monitors, this study provides valuable fishery-dependent estimates of yields, biological attributes, and spatiotemporal dynamics of lakes in the Sao Francisco basin. The results demonstrate the importance of participatory monitoring in generating knowledge, overcoming knowledge gaps, and enabling effective management of small-scale fisheries at both local and regional levels. Given the lack of a national monitoring program in Brazil, participatory monitoring offers a cost-effective solution for obtaining credible data on small-scale fisheries.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ayan S. Fleischmann, Fabrice Papa, Stephen K. Hamilton, Alice Fassoni-Andrade, Sly Wongchuig, Jhan-Carlo Espinoza, Rodrigo C. D. Paiva, John M. Melack, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, Leandro Castello, Rafael M. Almeida, Marie-Paule Bonnet, Luna G. Alves, Daniel Moreira, Dai Yamazaki, Menaka Revel, Walter Collischonn
Summary: Extensive floodplains in the Amazon basin have important impacts on ecosystem services and global water and carbon cycles. Recent changes in the hydroclimatic regime have caused record-breaking high water levels on the Amazon River, but the implications for floodplain inundation across the basin are still unknown.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Leandro Castello, Felipe Carvalho, Nelly Ornelle Onana Ateba, Alidor Kankonda Busanga, Amy Ickowitz, Emmanuel Frimpong
Summary: This article proposes an approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries (SSF) using local knowledge to produce data, life history theory to describe historical dynamics, and length-based reference points to evaluate stock status. The approach was applied in three data-less SSFs in the Congo Basin, and the results showed declines in fish catch and species diversity, indicating overfishing. The approach is cost-effective and can inform management and restoration efforts in SSF.
REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Raniere Garcez Costa Sousa, Leonardo Silva Pereira, Mariele Alves Cintra, Carlos Edwar de Carvalho Freitas, Marcos de Almeida Mereles, Diego Maia Zacardi, Charles Hanry Faria, Leandro Castello, Jean Ricardo Simoes Vitule
Summary: The introduction of non-native fish poses a major threat to aquatic fauna, resulting in adverse environmental and socioeconomic effects. This study surveys the occurrence of pirarucu throughout Brazil and emphasizes the need for strict control and monitoring of pirarucu breeding programs in non-native regions.
MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2022)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rosa Maria Dias, Fernando M. Pelicice, Raffael Marcos Tofoli, Gustavo Henrique Z. Alves, Taise Miranda Lopes, Leandro Castello, Livia Helena Tonella, Luis Alberto Espinola, Angelo Antonio Agostinho
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2021)