Panorama das exportações de peixes ornamentais marinhos brasileiros de 2006 a 2013

Abstract

Fishing with ornamental purposes moves a global multi-millionaire market, that concomitantly causes ecological impacts on species and aquatic environments, primarily due to overpumping and inadequate capture practices. In this study, data on marine ornamental fish exports were analyzed, as well as the official records generated by the Brazilian government (SISBACEN – Sistema de Informação do Banco Central) from 2006 to 2013, as follows: the annual amount and number of individuals of each species, and leading States exporting and their destination Countries. Additionally, we analyzed the role of normative instructions in the framework of the modification and the amount of marketed species. During the period analyzed in this study, 38 Countries imported 24.213 specimens from 138 species of fish from seven Brazilian states, three on the Northeast region (BA, CE and PE), three on the Southeast region (ES, RJ and SP) and one on the North region (PA). The State of Ceará was the largest exporter, with 30 countries as a commercial target. Holacanthus ciliaris was the most exported species in the period analyzed in this study, followed by Pomacanthus paru and P. arcuatus. Based on the lists published in the normative instructions, minor changes were done about the rules to the species allowed for trading, with no standardization in the annual amounts allowed for each taxon, being the same guided by specimens values/year/company.