Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve
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| Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Pirajubaé | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Nearest city | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil |
| Coordinates | 27°39′05″S 48°31′42″W / 27.65136°S 48.52839°W |
| Area | 1,712 hectares (4,230 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 20 May 1992 |
| Administrator | ICMBio |
Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Pirajubaé) is an extractive reserve in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, created in 1993. The purpose was to support sustainable harvesting of shellfish from a shoal in the south bay of the Santa Caterina Island. In recent years, due to various natural and human causes including dredging and over-fishing, the catch has declined steeply. As of early 2016 just three families continued traditional extraction of the shellfish.
The Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve covers an area of 1,712 hectares (4,230 acres) of marine biome within the municipality of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.[1] It is located in the urban area of Santa Catarina Island, and includes marine and mangrove ecosystems. The Tavares River flows into the south bay through a wide estuary that contains the best-preserved mangroves of the island.[2]
Environment
The climate is humid subtropical with an average temperature of 20 °C (68 °F). The mangrove vegetation includes characteristic flora such as Spartina alterniflora, Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora mangle. Fauna include the shellfish Anomalocardia brasiliana as well as the shrimps Penaeus paulensis, Penaeus brasiliensis and Penaeus schimitti and the fish Mugil brasiliensis and Mugil curema. There are various other types of molluscs and fish, and the mangroves provide shelter to marine and migratory birds.[3]
The main resource exploited by the traditional populations is the chumbinho (Anomalocardia brasiliensis), small bivalves that are found in the muddy and sandy banks of the south bay of the island.[4] This shellfish was a stable source of income for 100 families of traditional fishers.[3]
