2019-08-282019-08-282019-06-18Silva, Patrícia Fernandes da. Acidentes com animais aquáticos em pescadores artesanais em um município da costa Amazônica: do levantamento ao tratamento. Orientador: José Eduardo Martinelli Filho. 2019. 72 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Ambientais) – Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, 2019. Disponível em: .https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/11562Accidents with aquatic animals may occur whenever men invade the animal’s environment or handle it without proper care. Many studies reported cnidarians, stingrays, catfishes, toadfishes and others as dangerous to man, nevertheless information is scarce and inconclusive for the Brazilian North region. The frequency of accidents is probably high at the Pará state since fisheries is an important activity, although the cases are not adequately registered. Artisanal fisheries are an economic and socially important activity for the coastal municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon and gathers a great number of fishermen. Artisanal fishermen, are thus associated to a great risk of accidents caused by aquatic animals. The present study analyzes the frequency and variability of the occurrence of accidents with aquatic animals on artisanal fishermen, and related to different fishing strategies. It also explores the ethnobiological knowledge about the causative animals, treatment methods and accidents prevention. Data was collected at São Caetano de Odivelas municipality (Pará state), where traditional communities are sustained by artisanal fisheries. A total of 154 interviews were collected, gathering socioeconomic and ethnobiological information about accidents with aquatic animals. Accidents occurred in 98,7% of the interviewers and were associated to the daily labor from artisanal fisheries. Stingrays, catfishes and toadfishes were responsible for the most of the accdients (81,6%), independent from the different fishing strategies. The search for medical care was uncommon after a accident (26,3%) and the recommended medical procedures were no adopted by the fishermen. The number of accidents was higher with a lower scholar level among the fishermen (p < 0,001). In order to reach the artisanal fishermen, a didactical product (a calendar) was developed, with information to aid the avoidance, treatment and procedures after an accident with an aquatic animal.Acesso AbertoAnimais venenososPescaNordeste do Pará/BrasilAmazôniaDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::GEOCIENCIASECOLOGIA AQUÁTICA E RECURSOS HÍDRICOSENSINO DAS CIÊNCIAS AMBIENTAIS