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SUMMARY
Estuary-mangrove complexes possess a rich natural capital and furnish diverse ecological services and natural resources to local coastal communities for both subsistence and economic ends. The present work presents an inventory of the uses of fishing resources at the Mamanguape River estuary, located in Paraiba State, Brazil. The inventory was prepared using a methodological approach that involved a combination of qualitative (interviews and direct observations) and quantitative (use-value and corrected principal-use concordance) approaches. A total of 30 people were interviewed and 68 species of fish, crustaceans and mollusks were identified as being used. The most important species were Opisthonema oglinum, Anomalocardia brasiliana, Mugil curema, Crassostrea rhizophorae, Ucides cordatus, Centropomus sp. and Panulirus argus. The species harvested are principally...
