This week, Elise (IG: @elise_the_mermaid) talks with Dr. Leandro Castello about his interdisciplinary research on arapaima fisheries in the Amazon, his new study on the accuracy of fishers' memories in reconstructing a history of past catches (linked below), and how these memories can be used to better manage data poor fisheries in developing countries.

Main point: Most fisheries worldwide are artisanal, tropical, and located in developing countries, and therefore require different approaches to management.   

Project websites: https://leandrocastello.org/ & https://mucaua.org/

Mongabay article: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/fishers-memories-on-par-with-scientific-data-on-historic-catches-study/

Memory paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2726

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