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• 2021 - Atual

  Uncovering the shark meat trade in Brazil, Descrição: The global demand for shark products continues to drive overexploitation in many countries. Despite widespread recognition that current demand is unsustainable, few rules have been adopted to limit shark mortality in the majority of jurisdictions. Trade data are critical to demonstrating where existing fisheries rules may need to be strengthened; measures to control catches through national and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) have been limited by a lack of trade data for many shark products. Understanding of trade in shark-related goods is currently dominated by analysis of fins, primarily through statistics self-reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and import data from the Hong Kong shark fin trade, both of which are rarely broken down by species. While gains have been made in recent years in terms of improved labelling accuracy and genetic analysis of species composition in Hong Kong, markets for shark meat remain poorly understood. Even where fins follow established channels into a few dominant markets in Asia, the meat from their carcasses is increasingly following new, separate and less centralized supply routes to fill growing demand in countries in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Global data show a pattern of increased trade in shark meat over the past 15 years, driven in part by increased demand for seafood generally. Recent analysis by FAO shows that global trade in skate, shark, and ray meat increased by more than 40% between 2000 and 2011. Yet no in-depth field studies were conducted to gather data, making it difficult to partition the effects of anti-finning regulations and changes in labelling relative to increased demand. Brazil plays a major role in the global shark meat trade as the largest importer and consumer of shark meat in the world, as well as a major producer and exporter of shark products. For this reason, a collaborative and multidisciplinary proposal, involving national and international institutions, is necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the use of shark meat as a means of subsistence for coastal communities and the impacts of fishing and elasmobranch trade on the Brazilian coast.. , Situação: Em andamento; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Alunos envolvidos: Mestrado acadêmico: (2) Doutorado: (13) . , Integrantes: Bianca Lima Paiva - Integrante / João Bráullio de Luna Sales - Coordenador / Jonathan Stuart Ready - Integrante / Luís Fernando da Silva Rodrigues-Filho - Integrante / ANA PAULA BARBOSA MARTINS - Integrante / Jorge Silva Nunes - Integrante / Lucas Werner - Integrante / Cláudio Sampaio - Integrante / Ana Rosa da Rocha Araújo - Integrante / Jones Santander - Integrante / Rachel Hauser-Davis - Integrante / Paulo dos Santos - Integrante / Natascha Wosnick - Integrante / Marcio Freire - Integrante / Luis Gustavo Cardoso - Integrante / Alan Erik Souza Rodrigues - Integrante.