Authors
Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Carlos Bernardo Mascarenhas Alves, Marlene Sofia Arcifa, Valter M Azevedo-Santos, Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes Brito, Pâmella Silva de Brito, Paula Maria Gênova de Castro Campanha, Fernando Rogério Carvalho, Gabriel Costa da Costa, Mario Alberto Cozzuol, Almir Manoel Cunico, Fernando Cesar Paiva Dagosta, Rosa Maria Dias, Rodrigo Fernandes, Ana Clara Sampaio Franco, Diego Azevedo Zoccal Garcia, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Éder André Gubiani, Erick Cristofore Guimarães, Lawrence Ikeda, Axel Makay Katz, André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag, Marluce Aparecida Mattos de Paula Nogueira, Mário Luis Orsi, Felipe Polivanov Ottoni, Carla Simone Pavanelli, Thalles Gomes Peixoto, Ana Cristina Petry, Paulo Santos Pompeu, Telton Pedro Anselmo Ramos, Luís Reginaldo Ribeiro Rodrigues, José Sabino, Wagner Martins Santana Sampaio, Vagner Leonardo Macedo dos Santos, Welber Senteio Smith, Guilherme Souza, Livia Helena Tonella, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Publication date
2023/10
Journal
Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume
32
Issue
12
Pages
3915-3938
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Description
The introduction of non-native species (NNS) and the resulting biological invasions are conspicuous features of the Anthropocene Epoch. Parallel to these phenomena, some initiatives (political, social and scientific) have sought to value and protect invasive populations, recognizing some benefits that NNS may deliver to people and nature. Given this growing trend of valuing NNS, we considered opportune to address this issue in the context of megadiverse tropical countries. We investigated an emerging trend that has advocated the protection of highly invasive fishes by legal instruments, i.e., the protection of invasive peacock basses (genus Cichla) in Brazil. We recorded 16 bills or laws proposed between 2017 and 2022 that determine fishing restrictions to protect invasive Cichla spp. from overfishing and other impacts, in order to favor population recruitment, growth, colonization and spread. Specifically, they …
Total citations
20244
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