1. A better way forward for Brazil's fisheries
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Harry Boos, Francisco M. Santana, Carla Natacha Marcolino Polaz, Carlos Bernardo Mascarenhas Alves, Fabio Di Dario, Flávia Lucena Frédou, Rosangela Lessa, Fábio Vieira, Luiz A. Rocha, Michael Maia Mincarone, Marcelo Vianna, Marcelo Antonio Amaro Pinheiro, Roberta Aguiar dos Santos, Sonia Barbosa dos Santos, and Roberto E. Reis
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Fishery ,Aquatic species ,Aquatic Organisms ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,Multidisciplinary ,Extinction ,Ecology ,Threatened species ,Fisheries ,Animals ,Biology ,Extinction, Biological ,Brazil - Abstract
In December 2014, the Brazilian Minister of the Environment released the new national red lists enumerating 2113 plants and 1173 animals threatened with extinction ([ 1 ][1]). Of the 475 aquatic species on the list, 83 are commercially exploited by fisheries, mainly as by-catch. The industrial
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- 2015