The Amazon Basin: Fisheries and Fisheries Management

The Catt-Trax2 Team — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:59:47 -0800

Report prepared by Justine Kowalski and Ben McGibbon, students in BCIT's Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program.

Scientists estimate the number of fish species living in the rivers of the Amazon Basin to be between 3,000 and 5,000. Societies such as the WWF are looking at fisheries resources, examining the abundance and diversity of species. Locals survive primarily on fish, so groups such as the WWF make natural resources in this area there primary focus. Many fish are used as fish meal that is exported to countries such as Canada. The fish meal industry provides jobs for approximately 200,000 people in the Amazon Basin.

Fish populations in the Amazon Basin are threatened by:

urban settlement
commercial fisheries
predatory fisheries
cattle ranching
flood plain alteration and control
government projects
mining
oil pipeline construction
deforestation

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The Amazon Basin: Fisheries and Fisheries Management