Temporal distribution of elasmobranches fishes of the small-scale fisheries from Barra de Guaratiba, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Authors

  • Acácio Ribeiro Gomes TOMÁS Núcleo de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Centro Avançado APTA do Pescado Marinho, Instituto de Pesca, APTA/SAA
  • Ulisses Leite GOMES Laboratório de Taxonomia de Elasmobrí­¢nquios, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Beatrice Padovani FERREIRA Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-9834 (unauthenticated)

Keywords:

Chondrichthyes, occurrence, gillnet, coastal area

Abstract

The distribution of elasmobranchs in the bottom gillnet fishery of 'Barra de Guaratiba' (RJ, Brazil) was checked between March 1982 to May 1985. An amount of 892 specimens of 25 species were registered. Rhizoprionodon porosus, R. lalandii and Sphyrna lewini were considered constants during the whole period. Rhizoprionodon species use the area as a nursery ground, meanwhile others (as Sphyrna lewini juveniles), for recruitment. None relationship between catches and moon phases were detected. Recent data, collected between 2004 and 2007, indicate the fishery pattern does not change, besides the gillnet length have grown and the catches fall.

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Published

2018-11-08

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 4 (2010): BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA

Section

Scientific Article

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