Caracterização da pesca de camboa no estuário do Rio Serinhaém, Igrapiúna – Bahia

Abstract

Coastal artisanal fishing is practiced in almost all the coasts of the world, being very important, not only for the economic aspect, but also, for the issue Social. Bahia has a total of 55 fishing devices, which are used by fishermen in fisheries in their fishing communities, in which the corral of fishing, popularly known in the state as camboa, is present in almost along the coast, being traditional mainly in estuarine regions of the Recôncavo and Lower South of Bahia. This work was carried out in August 2015 to January 2016 and characterized the camboa fishery in the estuary of the Serinhaém river, Bahia. A total of 247 specimens were captured, belonging to 24 families and 40 species. The most representative family in number of individuals was Gerreidae (48%), followed by Lutjanidae (12%) and Carangidae (9%). The most species representative, in number of captured individuals, were Eucinostomus gula (17.41%), Eucinostomus argenteus (14.57%) and Diaptherus rhombeus (9.31%). In regarding morphometric data, the species Trichiurus lepturus had the highest total length with 71.5 cm, while Dactylopterus volitans had the smallest total length, 5.9 cm. The T. lepturus species had the highest individual weight, while the species D. volitans had the lowest weight, with 230 g and 3 g, respectively. The total CPUE for the period was 113.52 grams-hour. taking in consideration of the importance of artisanal fishing in fishing communities traditions and the scarcity of studies on camboa fishing in Bahia the work had a relevant importance, for making a characterization of a fishing art traditional coast of the state, obtaining important data on the capture of ichthyofauna local, and may serve as data to subsidize the administration of resources country's fisheries.