@article{6b5e68a1dc744633ab832c1e585a8f98,
title = "A popular and potentially sustainable fishery resource under pressure-extinction risk and conservation of Brazilian Sciaenidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)",
abstract = "Croakers (Sciaenidae) are major fishery resource in Brazil; constituting 22% of marine and 9% of freshwater fishery landings. Croakers are subject to heavy fishing pressure throughout Brazil, but habitat alteration is also an important threat to regional populations. In this regional Sciaenidae assessment, each species was analyzed for relative risk of extinction, including the identification and quantification of the impact of major threats and existing conservation measures, based on application of the Categories and Criteria of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Of the 52 species of Sciaenid fishes (34 marine and 18 freshwater) present in Brazilian waters, the majority are at low risk of extinction, with 10 species classified as Data Deficient (DD) and 36 as Least Concern (LC). However the Southern black drum (Pogonias cromis), listed as Endangered (EN) is the most threatened species in the region, while three other species are classified as Near Threatened (NT). A large portion of Brazilian croakers is landed by small-scale artisanal fisheries, which are scattered along coastal and riverine communities. However, our assessments reveal that available fishery landing statistics may have greatly underestimated the artisanal fishery production and by-catch of Sciaenids. We recommend establishing, with adequate enforcement, coastal and riverine protected areas as well as strategic fishing seasons to improve and maintain the conservation status of Sciaenids and sustainable Sciaenid fisheries.",
keywords = "Brazil, Conservation, Extinction risk, IUCN, Red List, Sciaenidae",
author = "Chao, {Ning Labbish} and Fr{\'e}dou, {Fl{\'a}via Lucena} and Manuel Haimovici and Peres, {Monica B.} and Beth Polidoro and Marcelo Raseira and Rosana Subir{\'a} and Kent Carpenter",
note = "Funding Information: Additional collaborators and funds for the 2009 Manaus workshop came from IUCN, Global Marine Species Assessment Program, CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Tecnologia, Brazil), Taiwan International Conservation Fund, Bio-Amazonia Conservation International (USA). We thank all participants of the workshop of the IUCN Global Sciaenidae Red List Assessment Workshop, Manaus, AM Brazil in November 2009. Participants (listed alphabetically by first names): Adriana Melo Magalh{\~a}es, Amely Martins, Beatrice Ferreira, Carla Polaz, Claudia Campos, Danielle Blanc, Fl{\'a}vio Lima, Francis K.E. Nunoo, Hector Salvador Espinosa Perez, Helen Kay Larson. Hin-Kiu Mok, Janice Peixer, Jiahua Cheng, Jo{\~a}o Vieira, Joely Ana Mota da Silva, Jorge Luiz do Nascimento, Laura Villwock de Miranda, Liu Min, Luciana Carvalho Crema, Maria Ang{\'e}lica Rosa Ribeiro, Maria Cristina Oddone, Mauro Ruffino, Michael Mincarone, Mohanraj Gurusaranam, Nayara Barbosa, Nguyen Van Quan, Orangel Antonio Soccoro, Patricia Charvet Almeida, Rafaela Nascimento Vicentini, Roberto H.C. Melendez, Roberto Reis, Rosa Rodrigues, Sean Thomas Fennessy, S{\'e}rgio Moreira Ramos, Simoni Santos, Sommai Janekitkarn, Stanley Alexander Hartmann, William Crosse, Wei-Jen Chen, Yeda Bataus. IUCN Programme officers, Beth Polidoro, Suzanne Livingstone and Ian Harrison led the working groups throughout the workshop sessions. The assessment is under the auspice of Coordena{\c c}{\~a}o de Avalia{\c c}{\~a}o do Estado de Conserva{\c c}{\~a}o da Biodiversidade—COABIO, previous and current coordinators, Monica Peres and Rosana Subir{\'a}, and staff Marina Almeida Palhares, Estev{\~a}o Carino Fernandes de Souza. Carlos Eduardo Guidorizzi de Carvalho. Special thanks to Lilian Casatti for help with freshwater sciaenids. Sciaenidae Red List Authority was established in October, 2007, now based in National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium in Taiwan. The first author (formerly at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas) was nominated as Focal Point of the specialist group, and subsequently nominated as “Coordenador de T{\'a}xon dos Peixes Cian{\'i}deos no Brasil”. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 The Authors.",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.gecco.2015.06.002",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4",
pages = "117--126",
journal = "Global Ecology and Conservation",
issn = "2351-9894",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}