Local Ecological Knowledge as a Conservation Tool for Identifying Threats to the Pacific Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus quinquefasciatus) in Panama

ABSTRACT The Pacific goliath grouper, Epinephelus quinquefasciatus, is the largest reef fish of the tropical Eastern Pacific. The IUCN categorizes it as Data Deficient because of the lack of population data and the risk posed by fishing. Using fishers' local ecological knowledge, we assessed Pa...

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Published in:	Aquatic conservation Vol. 34; no. 11
Main Authors:	Chong‐Montenegro, Carolina, Castellanos‐Galindo, Gustavo A., Robertson, D. Ross
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2024
Subjects:	coasts conservation decline Environmental degradation environmental knowledge epinephelidae Epinephelus Epinephelus itajara Epinephelus quinquefasciatus Fish Fisheries Fishers Fishing freshwater grouper groupers historical ecology IUCN red list Marine fishes Panama Population decline Reef fish Reef fishes risk small‐scale fisheries species supply balance Trends tropical eastern Pacific Whitefish Panama
ISSN:	1052-7613, 1099-0755
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