Fishers' ecological knowledge about marine pollution: What can fek contribute to ecological and conservation studies of a southwestern atlantic estuary?
- Truchet, Daniela María
- Noceti, Maria Belen
- Villagran, Diana Mariel
- Orazi, Melina Mirta
- Medrano, María Celeste
- Buzzi, Natalia Sol
DOIAbstract
The growth of human populations and industrial activities in the last decades have been the major cause of ecosystem decline, especially due to the inputs of several pollutants in the environment. Estuaries are one of the main concerns in marine governance because they receive potentially toxic substances from many sources that end up in the sea. Despite this, marine policies that aim to protect marine areas have dismissed local fishers' knowledge, although fishers have ecological knowledge that endorses and complements scientific research. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify sources and indicators of pollution in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (BBE) according to the fishers and to contrast this knowledge with scientific studies. We ...
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