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Captura e utilização do peixe-boi marinho (Trichechus manatus manatus) no litoral Norte do Brasil

2008; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5007/2175-7925.2008v21n1p115

ISSN

2175-7925

Autores

Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Janaína Pauline de Araújo, Régis Pinto de Lima, Marisol Menezes Pessanha, Ricardo José Soavinski, José Zanon De Oliveira PASSAVANTE,

Tópico(s)

Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Resumo

Capture and utilization of the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) on the northern Brazilian coast. The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is now considered to be the most endangered aquatic mammal of Brazil. During 1992 and 1993, we surveyed 3000km of the coastal area of the Maranhão (MA), Pará (PA) and Amapá (AP) states where we visited 145 localities and performed 262 interviews aiming to identify the hunting pressure on the species, and how the population actually uses the manatees hunted on the Brazilian north coast. The people interviewed were involved in fi shing activities, pre- ferably those who hunted manatees. Catches followed by intentional killing were responsible for 94.07% of the cases of mortality, while ani- mals stranded on the beach represented 5.93% of the cases. Intentional capture was the strongest factor in the manatee mortality, and hunting with a harpoon occurred in 86.38% of catches. After capture, the animals were used for the hunter’s subsistence (63.83%) and human consumption and trading (30.64%), and the animals’ parts were used for diverse pur- poses (medicine, fetish and santerias). It was considered that a proper understanding of the communities’ customs concerning the animals was important for any proposal of conservation strategies.

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