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Spatial–temporal analysis of the effects of hydropower plants over the artisanal fishing in the middle Madeira region, Southwest Amazon

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The present work seeks to characterize the fish landings in the period pre and post-installation of the “Santo Antônio” hydroelectric and analyze its effects on the fishing dynamics in the Humaitá municipality, South Amazonas. The analysis considered two periods: Before the dam (BD) with data produced between 2009 and 2010; and after the dam (AD) with data produced between May 2018 and April 2019. Descriptive and non-parametrical statistics were performed to identify possible effects of the power plants on the fish assemblages. The results show that the installation of the hydropower plants negatively affected the capture dynamics of several fish species by changing the capture periods and spots previously recorded in the BD. In other words, several fishing grounds stopped being productive, leading fishermen to look for new and more distant fishing areas in different times of the year. Considering that this kind of investment, especially in the Amazon, is a trend, the expansion of refined fish monitoring programs to other regions is indispensable for determining future changes in the spatial/temporal gradients of captures, and how the socioeconomic and other socioenvironmental characteristics of the fishing activity are affected by this type of power project.

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This research was funded through the ForestFisher Project from the 2020-2021 Biodiversa and Water JPI joint call for research projects, under the BiodivRestore ERA-NET Cofund (GA nº101003777), with the EU and the funding organisations ANR, FCT, DFG, FUNDECT and FAPEAM (through the Chamada Transnacional Conjunta BiodivRestore 2020-2021 - “Conservação e restauração de ecossistemas degradados e sua biodiversidade, incluindo o foco nos sistemas aquáticos” - Resolução Nº016/2020)”. We would also like to thank the: Alianza Aguas Amazónicas; the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—CNPq; the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES and the author’s Mastereing Degree Grant, also provided by FAPEAM through the Resolução N. 003/2019—POSGRAD UFAM—Edição 2019, developed in the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais—PPGCA, at the Instituto de Educação, Agricultura e Ambiente—IEAA from the Universidade Federal do Amazonas – UFAM. Finally, we would like to thank: the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade—ICMBio, for funding the field trip to collect the coordinates of the fishing grounds; and Susan Oslund & Arthur Oslund for the final english revision.

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  2. Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Ictiologia e Pesca–LIP, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil

    Carolina R. C. Doria

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Lourenço, I.H., Doria, C.R.C. & Anjos, M.R. Spatial–temporal analysis of the effects of hydropower plants over the artisanal fishing in the middle Madeira region, Southwest Amazon. Fish Sci 90, 1–14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-023-01730-5

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