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1 March 2016 Spatial Analysis of a Coastal Area for Conservation and Fishery of Mangrove Edible Crab (Ucides cordatus)
Luciana C. M. Santos, Mario M. Rollo, Tânia M. Costa, Marcelo A. A. Pinheiro, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Marisa D. Bitencourt
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Abstract

Santos, L. C. M.; Rollo, M.M.; Costa, T.M.; Pinheiro. M.A.A.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F. and Bitencourt, M.D., 2016. Spatial analysis of a coastal area for conservation and fishery of mangrove edible crab (Ucides cordatus). In: Vila-Concejo, A.; Bruce, E.; Kennedy, D.M., and McCarroll, R.J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Coastal Symposium (Sydney, Australia). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 75, pp. 685–689. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

Mangroves are productive ecosystems of tropical coastal landscapes, constituting habitat for many commercial fisheries, as the crab Ucides cordatus. In Brazil this crab holds a major socio-economic importance for artisanal fishery, but with obvious decline on their productivity. In this study we determined and mapped the more suitable mangrove areas for the conservation and fishery of this crab in the São Francisco River Estuary (Northeastern Brazil). We applied a Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) in a GIS environment. Ten criteria in total were used, including crab biotic parameters, land use/cover and social factors. Maps of each criterion were produced by GIS techniques with CBERS and SPOT images and by field data. Mangroves more suitable for the conservation of U. cordatus (9.4 km2) are near to the river mouth, due to high density and frequency of non-commercial size crabs (NCSC), low density of commercial size crabs (CSC), small crabs and low degree of use for fishery. On the other hand, the mangroves for the crab fishery occurred with a similar area (10.2 km2) located farther away from the river mouth, with a high density and frequency of CSC, low density of NCSC, big crabs, medium-high degree of use for fishery and near to the villages. These information and thematic maps can aid government agencies in delineating extractive and fishery exclusion areas, thus contributing to the management plan for this species.

Santos, Rollo, Costa, Pinheiro, Dahdouh-Guebas, and Bitencourt: Spatial Analysis of a Coastal Area for Conservation and Fishery of Mangrove Edible Crab (Ucides cordatus)
©Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc. 2016
Luciana C. M. Santos, Mario M. Rollo, Tânia M. Costa, Marcelo A. A. Pinheiro, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, and Marisa D. Bitencourt "Spatial Analysis of a Coastal Area for Conservation and Fishery of Mangrove Edible Crab (Ucides cordatus)," Journal of Coastal Research 75(sp1), 685-689, (1 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.2112/SI75-137.1
Received: 15 October 2015; Accepted: 15 January 2015; Published: 1 March 2016
KEYWORDS
Fishery management
mangrove
remote sensing
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