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Strengthening Amazon conservation through community-based voluntary patrolling. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Globally, environmental crimes are a major threat to biodiversity and the livelihood of local populations. Community‐based protection of natural resources, which involves local people in surveillance and enforcement, is an important complement to the government‐led command‐and‐control policing approach.
Franco CLB, Morcatty TQ, Queiroz HL, Sorice MG, Fa JE, Fa JE, Souza PRE, Sousa IS, Valsecchi J, El Bizri HR.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

PARASITOS NOS CULTIVOS DE PIRARUCU (Arapaima gigas)

Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, 2022
No Brasil, uma das principais espécies nativas cultivadas é o pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), um peixe que reúne características favoráveis ao cultivo e à comercialização. Entretanto, com a intensificação dos cultivos surgem também as enfermidades, com destaque para as parasitoses.
Jhonatas Teixeira Viana, Alvaro Luccas Bezerra dos Santos   +1 more
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Programa Atividade Curricular de Extensão: Apoio técnico aos pescadores do manejo comunitário de pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) realizado em lagos de várzea na Ilha da Paciência, Iranduba - Amazonas

Caminho Aberto: Revista de Extensão do IFSC, 2023
O manejo comunitário do pirarucu Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) tem se mostrado uma estratégia eficiente para a conservação da espécie no estado do Amazonas.
Flávia Siqueira-Souza, Gisellen Mc Comb, Marcela Silva   +2 more
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O papel do capital social na promoção da ação coletiva para Co-gestão da pesca de pequena escala na reserva extrativista do Baixo Juruá, no Centro-Oeste da Amazônia Brasileira

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2022
O capital social é apontado como um fator chave para a organização social e o manejo comunitário de recursos naturais. Neste estudo, investiguei o papel do capital social comunitário na facilitação da ação coletiva para o manejo do pirarucu (Arapaima sp.
Paula Soares Pinheiro
doaj   +1 more source

Pirarucu By-Product Acid Silage Meal in Diets for Commercial Laying Hens

Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
This study aimed to evaluate the inclusion of pirarucu by-product acid silage meal in diets for laying hens on performance and egg quality. One hundred sixty eight Hissex White laying hens 73-wk-old were distributed in completely randomized design with ...
OS Batalha, SS Alfaia, FGG Cruz, RS Jesus, JPF Rufino, AF Silva   +5 more
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Cultivo consorciado do pirarucu com a tilápia

Revista de Ciências Agrárias, 2010
Abstract: With the purpose of studying the growth of arapaima (Arapaima gigas) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in an intercropping, a pond area of 190 m2, has been excavated in Gleissolo Haplico populated with individuals of 10 A was used . gigas measuring 21.5 cm in average length and weighing an average of 54.21 g.
Raimundo Aderson Lobão de Souza, Alberto Carvalho Peret, André Moldenhauer Peret, Alex da Silva Souza, Maria de Jesus Jorge Rodrigues, Jefferson Murici Penafort   +5 more
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Fisher Behavior While Illegally Fishing for Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara, Epinephelinae) on the Amazon Continental Shelf, Brazil

Fisheries Management and Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 1-13, February 2026.
ABSTRACT In 2002, the Brazilian government banned fishing for Goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822), through 2007. This grouper was the first fish species targeted by a specific law in Brazilian environmental legislation. Grouper stocks showed no signs of recovery, so the ban was renewed multiple times since 2007. Official estimates
Felipe Moreira de Souza, Voyner Ravena Cañete, Paulo Emílio Costa Santos, Bianca Bentes   +3 more
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Comparative cytogenetic survey of the giant bonytongue Arapaima fish (Osteoglossiformes: Arapaimidae), across different Amazonian and Tocantins/Araguaia River basins [PDF]

Neotropical Ichthyology, 2020
The South American giant fishes of the genus Arapaima, commonly known as pirarucu, are one of the most iconic among Osteoglossiformes. Previously cytogenetic studies have identified their karyotype characteristics; however, characterization of ...
Ezequiel A. de Oliveira, Francisco de M. C. Sassi, Manolo F. Perez, Luiz A. C. Bertollo, Petr Ráb, Tariq Ezaz, Terumi Hatanaka, Patrik F. Viana, Eliana Feldberg, Edivaldo H. C. de Oliveira, Marcelo de B. Cioffi   +10 more
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Local knowledge enhances the sustainability of interconnected fisheries

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2026.
Our modelling approach allows managers to compare alternative conservation strategies under different socio‐ecological scenarios, highlighting trade‐offs and guiding investment of effort and resources. While immediately valuable for pirarucu management in the Middle Juruá, the framework scales across tiers of applicability, each requiring progressively
Carine Emer, Miguel Lurgi, Sérgio Timóteo, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, Shai Pilosof   +4 more
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Spread of Amazonian Freshwater Fishes Beyond Their Native Ranges

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 56-67, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The spread and establishment of Amazonian species outside their native ranges through activities such as sport fishing, aquaculture, and the ornamental fish industry may lead to ecological changes in recipient ecosystems. We investigated the global distribution of Amazonian freshwater fish (AFF) and conducted a case study in the upper Paraná ...
Aymar Orlandi Neto, Luiz Guilherme dos Santos Ribas, Lidiane Franceschini, João Henrique Pinheiro Dias, Hugo Marques, Igor Paiva Ramos, Lilian Casatti, Éder André Gubiani, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule   +8 more
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