Rethinking use and trade of pelagic sharks from Brazil |
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| Institution: | 1. Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação da Biodiversidade Marinha do Sudeste e Sul do Brasil (CEPSUL/ICMBio), Brazil;2. Centro de Estudos do Mar, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Pontal do Paraná, Brazil;3. Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Marinha, Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil;4. Laboratório de Pesquisa de Elasmobrânquios, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus do Litoral Paulista, São Vicente, Brazil;5. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Piúma, Espírito Santo, Brazil;6. Laboratorio de Dinamica de Populacoes Marinhas (DIMAR), Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura (DEPAq), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil;1. Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Pesca, Av. Bartolomeu de Gusmão, 192, Santos 11030-906, SP, Brazil;2. University of Mogi das Cruzes, Unit of Biotechnology, PO Box 411, Mogi das Cruzes 08701-970, SP, Brazil;1. Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates;2. The School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands;3. Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 4700 KAUST, 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia;4. Save Our Seas Shark Research Center, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, 8000 North Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004, USA;5. Biodiversity Institute of Ontario and Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada;1. Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada, V5A 1S6;2. Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;3. Shark Advocates International, The Ocean Foundation, Washington DC, USA;4. Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Program, Bronx, NY 10460, USA;5. TRAFFIC, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia;6. C2O Fisheries, PO Box 3041, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia;1. BLOOM Association Hong Kong, c/o ADMCF, Suite 2406, 24/F, 9 Queen''s Road Central, Hong Kong;2. WWF-Hong Kong, 15/F, Manhattan Centre, 8 Kwai Cheong Road, Kwai Chung, N.T., Hong Kong;1. Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia, Rua Professor Benedito Conceição, 407, 82810080, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Avenida Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, S/N, Jardim das Américas, Caixa Postal 19020, CEP 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil;3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos (PGSISCO), Universidade Federal do Paraná, 83255-976, Pontal do Paraná, PR, Brazil;4. Instituto Meros do Brasil, Rua Benjamin Constant, 67. Centro, Curitiba, PR, Brazil;1. The Indonesian Biodiversity Research Centre, The Animal Biomedical and Molecular Biology Laboratory of Udayana University, Jl Sesetan-Markisa 6, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia;2. Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agricultural University, Jl Rasamala, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia;3. Marine Science Department, Faculty of Husbandry, Fisheries, and Marine Science, University State of Papua, Jalan Gunung Salju Amban, Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia;4. Flora and Fauna International, Jl Cumi-Cumi 15, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia;5. Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA;6. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7239, USA;7. Master program in Environmental Sciences, Udayana University, Jl P.B. Sudirman, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia |
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| Abstract: | Brazil currently ranks as the 11th producer and 1st importer of shark meat around the world. Data available from the FAO software FishStatJ along with data from regional sources, such as governmental bulletins, scientific papers, gray literature and internet were revisited to identify the main issues surrounding pelagic shark fisheries, trade and consumption in the largest country in South America. Among the main findings, it was noted that Brazil has not properly collected fishery statistics since 2007, that many species of threatened sharks are freely landed and traded even though it is prohibited by local legislation and/or international recommendations (regional fisheries management organizations). The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is the most frequently recorded shark in the official bulletins and is currently a locally targeted species. Additionally, the significant imports of this species from 23 other countries that also provide fins for Asia has drawn attention in recent decades. Regarding consumption, shark is considered to be low-value seafood compared to more common fish, such as groupers and snappers, and most Brazilians actually do not know that they are eating sharks. At present, the proportion of threatened elasmobranchs (in which sharks are included) in Brazil (33%, of 145 species) exceeds the global rate identified for the group (25%), and, until the present moment, no measure related to the management of species has been implemented. As advice, Brazil urgently needs to restructure its fishery information collection systems, management strategies and to tighten sanitary and labeling regulations for the marketing of fish. |
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