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and launches the live bait, which is made them aboard. These hooks are covered with
up of live juvenile fish such as sardines, an imitation of bird feathers, made of syn- Figure 10. Interpolation of fishing effort (hours) for the Brazilian fleet
(grouped from 2013 to 2021) operating with live bait in the Brazilian
manjuba and mackerel. The entire length thetic fiber, with the purpose of simulating a EEZ and in the international oceanic region
of the vessel must have a water outlet to small fish when thrown into the water. They
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encourage the concentration of small fish do not have barbs, thus facilitating the es- 50 0’0 W 45 0’0 W 40 0’0 W 35 0’0 W 30 0’0 W
on the surface. Live fish are thrown over- cape of the fish when it falls on the deck of
board to keep the school close to the boat. the vessel. This type of fishing is intended 0 0’0’’ 0 0’0’’
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At the edge of the boat, several fishermen, for the capture of tuna and the like, whose
equipped with a rod with a line and hook, shoals are found close to the surface. The
cast them on top of the shoal and then pull main species captured is the Skipjack tuna.
5 0’0’’S 5 0’0’’S
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Figure 9. Structure of a vessel and accessories that uses live bait fishing gear
10 0’0’’S 10 0’0’’S
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Atlantic
Ocean
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15 0’0’’S 15 0’0’’S
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20 0’0’’N 20 0’0’’N
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Isobath 2500m
25 0’0’’S Isobath 2000m 25 0’0’’S
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Isobath_300m
Isobath 100m
Isobath 50m
Source: https://www.icmbio.gov.br/cepsul/images/stories/artes_de_pesca/industrial/vara_isca_viva/vara_isca_viva.pdf Fishing Efforts (hours)
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
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The fleet that operates with rod and live alletteratus, occasionally participate in the 30 0’0’’N Value 30 0’0’’N
bait showed greater efforts between 2013 captures. An isolated area of operation High : 852

Low : 0,01
and 2021 in the southern region and in the was estimated in the northeast region of
states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and south- Brazil, between the states of Pernambuco 35 0’0’’S 35 0’0’’S
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ern Espírito Santo, from 300 m to areas with and Paraíba, between the areas of 300 and
depths of 2,000 meters. The fleet also pres- 2,000 m depth (Figure 10).
ents areas of operation beyond the Brazil- The spatial distribution of the fleet that
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ian EEZ, east of the southern region of Bra- operated with a handline between 2013 50 0’0 W 45 0’0 W 40 0’0 W 35 0’0 W 30 0’0 W
zil in international oceanic areas, near the and 2021 shows the greatest efforts di- 0 237.5 475 950 1.425 1.900 2.375
Rio Grande elevation, mainly directed to rected towards the southern region and in Kilometers
the Skipjack tuna. Some species of Scomb- the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Source: Authors based on Global Fishing Watch (2022)
ridae, such as the beautiful Euthynnus Espírito Santo, from the coast to depths of
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