Comanagement of clams in Brazil: a framework to advance comparison
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Abstract
In Brazil, the recognition that fisheries encompass both natural ecosystems and human well-being has increased, but initiatives are focused largely on highly-valued species, ignoring socially relevant resources such as Venus clams (Anomalocardia brasiliana).We investigate two initiatives involving comanagement of Venus clams in the past two decades: the Marine Extractive Reserve "Pirajubaé" and the "People of the Tides" project.We focus on the nature of the institutional arrangements, the involved groups (fishing communities and government), and the resource, as well as the steps involved in developing the partnerships, identifying which factors favor success in comanagement.Through these projects, fisherwomen got visibility and clam harvesters became the center of institutional developments.However, their rights in management will not become meaningful unless comanagement in protected areas is fully implemented, and government becomes more willing to share power in harvest planning, and to improve health, infrastructure, and the return of value to fisher families.Only then would such cooperation promote sustainability for Venus clams and fisher families.RESUMEN.Los invertebrados marinos bentónicos son una fuente de alimentos e ingresos para los pescadores artesanales de América Latina.Sin embargo, todavía hay relativamente escasas investigaciones sobre la gestión de estos recursos.Si bien el reconocimiento de la pesca como un sistema marino socio-ecológico ha aumentado en la última década en Brasil, las iniciativas se han centrado en gran medida tanto en especies de alto valor como recursos sobreexplotadas, dedicando escasos esfuerzos a moluscos bivalvos socialmente relevantes como la Almeja venus (Anomalocardia brasiliana).En este trabajo se investigaron dos iniciativas brasileñas que involucran al co-manejo de la Almeja venus en las últimas dos décadas: la primera Reserva de Extracción Marina (REM) de Pirajubaé y el proyecto "People of the Tides".Basamos nuestro trabajo en el análisis de las condiciones que favorecen el éxito del co-manejo, incluyendo el marco institucional gubernamental, los recursos marinos y las comunidades pesqueras involucradas.Nuestros resultados muestran que si bien los recursos sedentarios como las almejas pueden favorecer las iniciativas de co-manejo, alcanzar el éxito no resulta una tarea fácil de alcanzar.El papel de las mujeres pescadoras ha sido reconocido y los pescadores se han convertido en el centro de las actividades, pero sus derechos en la gestión de los recursos marinos serán reconocidos una vez que las áreas marinas protegidas se implementen de forma plena, el gobierno tenga una mayor implicación y disponibilidad de compartir el poder, las actividades de extracción y sus actividades relacionadas sean incluidas y las familias de los pescadores obtengan beneficios tangibles.Sólo entonces las iniciativas de cooperación para promover la sostenibilidad de este molusco bivalvo tendrán éxito.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.005 | 0.011 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.005 | 0.006 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.003 | 0.005 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.004 | 0.004 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.006 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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