"Good dolphins", fishes and fishermen: about the conjoint fishing in Laguna (Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Authors

  • Brisa Catão Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG)
  • Gabriel Coutinho Barbosa Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC, Florianópolis, SC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i69p205-225

Keywords:

Fishing, dolphins, communication, co-learning, skills

Abstract

In Laguna (Santa Catarina, Brazil), artisanal fishermen and bottlenose dolphins have developed peculiar ways of fishing together. “Good dolphins” (as the animals that are involved in fishing are known) lead schools of mullets to the fishermen and signal the location of the fish and the timing for throwing the nets. This article presents a general description of this fishing, exploring the relations among dolphins, fishermen and fish, the fishermen’s knowledge about dolphins, the communication between them, as well as the co-learning and the interspecific development of skills among dolphins and fishermen.

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Author Biographies

  • Brisa Catão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG)
    Doutoranda em Antropologia Social na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), com formação complementar na University of New South Wales (UNSW) e pesquisadora do Laboratório de Antropologia das Controvérsias Sociotécnicas.
  • Gabriel Coutinho Barbosa, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC, Florianópolis, SC)
    Professor do Departamento de Antropologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

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Published

2018-04-27

Issue

No. 69 (2018)

Section

Dossiê de Antropologia: Entreviver – desafios cosmopolíticos contemporâneos

License

 

  • Todo o conteúdo do periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons do tipo atribuição BY-NC.

How to Cite

Catão, B., & Barbosa, G. C. (2018). "Good dolphins", fishes and fishermen: about the conjoint fishing in Laguna (Santa Catarina, Brazil). Revista Do Instituto De Estudos Brasileiros, 69, 205-225. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i69p205-225