@inbook{c9b76687332444ff873d15a7960ec6b2,
title = "Artisanal fishery of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) and first steps toward a successful co-management in Bragan{\c c}a, North Brazil",
abstract = "The Bragan{\c c}a district in north Brazil offers a unique opportunity for examining the functioning of a small-scale mangrove crab fishery. North Brazilian mangroves are extensive and the large crab Ucides cordatus is very abundant, even though this slow-growing species has been exploited for decades all year round. Ucides sustains a considerable annual yield of ∼7 tons per km² in this district, and 42% of the rural coastal households are involved in the collection or commercialisation of this crab. We describe capture techniques and main outcomes of 8 years of participatory fisheries monitoring, evaluate the status of the U. cordatus population and characterize the commercialisation of the crabs. The average number of crab collectors working on Bragan{\c c}a peninsula each day was 121 ± 105 (",
author = "Karen Diele and Ana Ara{\'u}jo and Marion Glaser and Ulrich Salzmann",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-13457-9_19",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3642134562",
volume = "211",
series = "Ecological Studies: Analysis and Synthesis",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "287--297",
editor = "Ulrich Saint-Paul and Horacio Schneider",
booktitle = "Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil",
address = "Germany",
}