Fish consumption on the Amazon: a review of biodiversity, hydropower and food security issues.

Braz J Biol

Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University - ANU, B141, B48, B48A, Linnaeus Way, Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, Australia.

Published: May 2019

The lack of knowledge about the majority of fish species harvested in Amazonian small-scale fisheries, in association with impacts from hydroelectric power plants, may lead to biodiversity loss and a decrease in the protein food supply for riverine Amazonians. This study uses existing datasets on fisheries and riverine developmental projects to infer effects associated with fish losses where actual data and outcomes are not available. The targeted fish species' status may be regarded as either threatened or there being no knowledge of their conservation requirements, biology or ecology. Among the 90 Amazonian fish species that are the most important for the diet of the riverine fishers, 78% are not assessed or their biological information is unknown, according to the IUCN Red List. Consequently, the effects created by the thoroughly disregarded trade-off between energy generation and food security in the planning of Amazonian land use have been worsened by the lack of biological and ecological information on fish species.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.186572DOI Listing

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