Abstract Ghost fishing, the ability of fishing equipment to continue to capture organisms even after it is no longer controlled, leads to serious marine impacts, including bycatch, which contributes to biodiversity loss. Insistent complaints from artisanal fisher in the state of Bahia, Brazil, concerning the impacts of nets lost or abandoned by fisher from other regions that operate in their traditional fishing territory were brought to the attention of our research group. Therefore, this study aims to describe the knowledge and classify fisher perceptions in south Bahia regarding ghost fisheries in the region, as well as the resulting impacts and fisher ideas for solving this problem in a coastal coral reef region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August 2015 and September 2017 with 60 fishers, 59 men and one woman, that fish with hand lines and hooks in the studied area. A total of 90% of respondents (n = 54) reported having found ghost nets in their ancestral fishing territories, while 93% (n = 56) associated ghost nets with financial losses and marine environment impacts. Most respondents (n = 56; 93%) also indicated lower fishery yields due to ghost nets and indicated (n = 55; 91.9%) that most ghost nets found in the area are used for lobster fishing, which is banned in Brazil. Fishers revealed an active interest in solving this socio-environmental problem, demonstrating detailed knowledge related to the loss of fishing nets in the local marine environment, as they have been finding and removing ghost nets from the local sea. Fisher's ideas to solve this problem included the implementation of fines for fishers caught in breach of regional and national fisheries regulations, and management actions, such as ghost net removal from the sea. Establishing partnerships between fisher and the federal government in curbing ghost fisheries is crucial.

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南大西洋热带海洋生物多样性热点地区手工渔民对鬼网的看法：对传统捕鱼文化的挑战及其对保护战略的影响

摘要 幽灵捕鱼，即捕鱼设备在不再受控制后仍能继续捕获生物的能力，会导致严重的海洋影响，包括兼捕，从而导致生物多样性丧失。来自巴西巴伊亚州的手工渔民的持续投诉引起了我们研究小组的注意，这些投诉来自其他地区的渔民在其传统捕鱼领土上作业时丢失或遗弃渔网的影响。因此，本研究旨在描述南巴伊亚州渔民对该地区幽灵渔业的认识和分类，以及由此产生的影响和渔民在沿海珊瑚礁地区解决这一问题的想法。2015 年 8 月至 2017 年 9 月期间对 60 名渔民、59 名男性和 1 名女性进行了半结构式访谈，研究区域内带有手线和钩子的鱼。共有 90% 的受访者 (n = 54) 报告称在其祖传捕鱼区发现了鬼网，而 93% (n = 56) 将鬼网与经济损失和海洋环境影响联系起来。大多数受访者（n = 56；93%）还表示由于鬼网导致渔业产量下降，并表示（n = 55；91.9%）该地区发现的大多数鬼网用于捕捞龙虾，而这在巴西是被禁止的。渔民们表现出对解决这一社会环境问题的积极兴趣，展示了与当地海洋环境中渔网丢失相关的详细知识，因为他们一直在寻找并清除当地海域的鬼网。费舍尔 解决这个问题的想法包括对违反区域和国家渔业法规的渔民实施罚款，以及从海上清除鬼网等管理措施。在渔民和联邦政府之间建立伙伴关系以遏制幽灵渔业至关重要。