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1. The same old mistakes in aquaculture: the newly-available striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus is on its way to putting Brazilian freshwater ecosystems at risk

Author:
Garcia, Diego A. Z.; Magalhães, André L. B.; Vitule, Jean R. S.; Casimiro, Armando C. R.; Lima-Junior, Dilermando P.; Cunico, Almir M.; Brito, Marcelo F. G.; Petrere-Junior, Miguel; Agostinho, Ângelo A.; Orsi, Mário L.
Source:
Biodiversity and conservation 2018 v.27 no.13 pp. 3545-3558
ISSN:
0960-3115
Subject:
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus; aquaculture; biodiversity; decision making; fish; freshwater ecosystems; hybrids; indigenous species; introduced species; ponds; risk; watersheds; Brazil
Abstract:
... In the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil, a dangerous decree allows the culture of hybrids and non-native extralimital fish species in the Paraná and East Atlantic River basins. We recorded the illegal importation and sale of the non-native striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus in northeastern, central-western, southeastern, and southern areas of the country. This species is already ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10531-018-1603-1

2. Escapes of non-native fish from flooded aquaculture facilities: the case of Paranapanema River, southern Brazil

Author:
Casimiro, Armando César Rodrigues; Garcia, Diego Azevedo Zoccal; Vidotto-Magnoni, Ana Paula; Britton, John Robert; Agostinho, Ângelo Antônio; Almeida, Fernanda Simões de; Orsi, Mário Luís
Source:
Zoologia 2018 v.35 pp. 1-6
ISSN:
1984-4689
Subject:
El Nino; aquaculture; biodiversity; biosecurity; fauna; fish; floods; hybrids; indigenous species; introduced species; rain; rivers; watersheds; Brazil
Abstract:
... Non-native species are a major driver of biodiversity loss. Aquaculture activities play a key role in introductions, including the escape of fishes from fish farm facilities. Here, the impact of flooding due to El Niño rains in 2015/2016 in the Lower and Middle Paranapanema River basin, southern Brazil, was investigated by evaluating fish escapes from 12 fish farms. The flooding resulted in the es ...
DOI:
10.3897/zoologia.35.e14638

3. Aquaculture expansion in Brazilian freshwaters against the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Author:
Lima Junior, DilermandoPereira; Magalhães, AndréLincoln Barroso; Pelicice, FernandoMayer; Vitule, JeanRicardo Simões; Azevedo-Santos, ValterM.; Orsi, MárioLuís; Simberloff, Daniel; Agostinho, AngeloAntônio
Source:
Ambio 2018 v.47 no.4 pp. 427-440
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
aquaculture; biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; developing countries; ecosystem services; ecosystems; environmental management; freshwater fish; issues and policy; social welfare; Brazil
Abstract:
... The Convention on Biological Diversity proposed the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to improve conservation policies and to balance economic development, social welfare, and the maintenance of biodiversity/ecosystem services. Brazil is a signatory of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and is the most diverse country in terms of freshwater fish, but its national policies have supported the development of un ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-017-1001-z
PubMed:
29306998
PubMed Central:
PMC5884758