FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Conservation of migratory fishes in the Amazon basin BT AF Duponchelle, Fabrice Isaac, Victoria J. Rodrigues Da Costa Doria, Carolina Van Damme, Paul A. Herrera‐R, Guido A. Anderson, Elizabeth P. Cruz, Rivetla E.A. Hauser, Marilia Hermann, Theodore W. Agudelo, Edwin Bonilla‐Castillo, César Barthem, Ronaldo Freitas, Carlos E.C. García‐Dávila, Carmen García‐Vasquez, Aurea Renno, Jean‐François Castello, Leandro AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:2,4;4:5;5:6,7;6:6;7:3;8:2,4,8;9:9;10:2,10;11:2,10;12:11;13:2,12;14:2,13;15:2,13;16:2,14;17:15; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:; C1 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) MARBEC (Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD) Montpellier, France Laboratoire Mixte International – Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI‐EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD Iquitos, Peru Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia Universidade Federal do Pará Belém, Brazil Laboratório de Ictiologia e Pesca, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR) Porto Velho, Brazil FAUNAGUA Institute for Applied Research on Aquatic Resources Cochabamba, Bolivia Department of Earth and Environment and Institute for Water and Environment Florida International University Miami FL ,USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The University of Tennessee Knoxville TN, USA Programa de Pós‐graduação da Rede de Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal Porto Velho, Brazil Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, College of Environmental Science and Forestry State University of New York Syracuse New York, USA Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas – SINCHI Leticia ,Colombia Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Belém ,Brazil Departamento de Ciências Pesqueiras Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) Manaus ,Brazil Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana (IIAP) Iquitos ,Peru Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) UMR DIADE (Université de Montpellier, IRD) Montpellier ,France Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg VA, USA C2 IRD, FRANCE IIAP, PERU UNIV FED PARA, BRAZIL UNIV FED RONDONIA, BRAZIL FAUNAGUA, BOLIVIA UNIV FLORIDA INT, USA UNIV TENNESSEE, USA BIONORTE, BRAZIL UNIV NEW YORK, USA SINCHI, COLOMBIA MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI, BRAZIL UNIV FED AMAZONAS, BRAZIL IIAP, PERU IRD, FRANCE VIRGINIA TECH, USA UM MARBEC IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 3.258 TC 53 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00686/79763/82773.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;biodiversity;fisheries management;hydroelectric dams;overexploitation;societal importance;threats AB The Amazon basin hosts the Earth's highest diversity of freshwater fish. Fish species have adapted to the basin's size and seasonal dynamics by displaying a broad range of migratory behaviour, but they are under increasing threats; however, no study to date has assessed threats and conservation of Amazonian migratory fishes. Here, the available knowledge on the diversity of migratory behaviour in Amazonian fishes is synthesized, including the geographical scales at which they occur, their drivers and timing, and life stage at which they are performed. Migratory fishes are integral components of Amazonian society. They contribute about 93% (range 77–99%) of the fisheries landings in the basin, amounting to ~US$436 million annually. These valuable fish populations are mainly threatened by growing trends of overexploitation, deforestation, climate change, and hydroelectric dam development. Most Amazonian migratory fish have key ecological roles as apex predators, ecological engineers, or seed‐dispersal species. Reducing their population sizes could induce cascading effects with implications for ecosystem stability and associated services. Conserving Amazonian migratory fishes requires a broad portfolio of research, management, and conservation actions, within an ecosystem‐based management framework at the basin scale. This would require trans‐frontier coordination and recognition of the crucial importance of freshwater ecosystems and their connectivity. Existing areas where fishing is allowed could be coupled with a chain of freshwater protected areas. Management of commercial and subsistence species also needs fisheries activities to be monitored in the Amazonian cities and in the floodplain communities to allow assessments of the status of target species, and the identification of management units or stocks. Ensuring that existing and future fisheries management rules are effective implies the voluntary participation of fishers, which can be achieved by increasing the effectiveness and coverage of adaptive community‐based management schemes. PY 2021 PD MAY SO Aquatic Conservation-marine And Freshwater Ecosystems SN 1052-7613 PU Wiley VL 31 IS 5 UT 000630750300001 BP 1087 EP 1105 DI 10.1002/aqc.3550 ID 79763 ER EF