Ethnoichthyology of freshwater fish in Europe: a review of vanishing traditional fisheries and their cultural significance in changing landscapes from the later medieval period with a focus on northern Europe [PDF]
Background Fishing is probably one of the oldest economic activities in the history of humankind. Lakes, rivers and streams in Europe are important elements in the European landscape with a rich diversity of fish and other aquatic organisms.
Ingvar Svanberg, Alison Locker
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Ethnoichthyology of the indigenous Truká people, Northeast Brazil. [PDF]
Historically, fishing is an important activity for riverine communities established along the São Francisco River, including indigenous communities. In the present study, we researched fishing activities in two villages of the Truká ethnic group, both ...
Santos CA, Alves RR.
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Erratum to: Ethnoichthyology of the indigenous Truká people, Northeast Brazil. [PDF]
Author details Programa de Pos Graduacao em Etnobiologia e Conservacao da Natureza, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmaos, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil. Departamento de
Santos CA, Nóbrega Alves RR.
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The Amazon Basin is home to a great number of Indigenous nationalities that have coevolved with aquatic habitats and fish resulting in a precise traditional ecological knowledge. Nevertheless, this biocultural heritage is threatened by the degradation of
Ibon Tobes +4 more
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Preliminary Ethnoichthyological Assessment: Fish Consumption Patterns among Orang Asli Semelai (Aborigines: Proto-Malay) in Tasek Bera, Pahang [PDF]
Ethnoichthyology, as a field of study, examines the indigenous knowledge held by ethnic groups concerning different fish species. Despite its significance in understanding traditional fishing practices and cultural connections to aquatic resources, data ...
Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar +7 more
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Ethnoecology and use of fishes by the Cubeo people from the Cuduyarí River, Colombian Amazonia [PDF]
Background Ethnoichthyology studies the knowledge of human communities about the uses, perception, and behavioral characteristics of fish, based on their cosmology, cosmogony, and culture.
Juan David Bogotá-Gregory +3 more
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Ichthyological ethnoknowledge of the “piabeiros” from the Amazon region, Brazil [PDF]
Background The capture of ornamental fish is one of the main economic activities of riverine families in the Amazon. However, studies regarding the local ecological knowledge of workers in this activity are still incipient.
Daniel da Silva Ladislau +5 more
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Integrated pond aquaculture and regional identity: ethnobiology of the golden humped tench of Poirino highlands, Northwest Italy [PDF]
Background Social–ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The ‘golden humped tench’ or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench—Tinca tinca (L., 1758)—traditionally bred in artificial ponds ...
Alessandro Delpero, Gabriele Volpato
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Patterns in fish naming ability in two fishing communities of Myanmar [PDF]
Background To date, there is little reliable information on the fish names used by two fishing communities of Myanmar, namely Intha (Inle Lake) and Rakhine (Bay of Bengal).
Aung Si, Aung Kyawphyo
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Fishers' knowledge about fish trophic interactions in the southeastern Brazilian coast. [PDF]
Data derived from studies of fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) can be invaluable to the proposal of new studies and more appropriate management strategies.
Ramires M +5 more
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