Serious New Threat to Brazilian Freshwater Ecosystems: The Naturalization of Nonnative Fish by Decree

• Published in: Conservation letters Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 55 - 60
• Main Authors: Pelicice, Fernando Mayer, Vitule, Jean Ricardo Simões, Lima Junior, Dilermando Pereira, Orsi, Mário Luis, Agostinho, Angelo Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Wiley 2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: alien fish; Aquaculture; Aquaculture facilities; Aquatic ecosystems; Basins; Biodiversity; biological invasion; Brazil; cages; carp; Commercial fishing; Developing countries; Dispersal; Economic development; Economic growth; Ecosystem services; Environmental economics; Environmental impact; Environmental quality; Eutrophication; Fish; fish culture; Fish production; Fisheries; Fishing; Freshwater; Freshwater ecosystems; Freshwater fish; Freshwater organisms; Homogenization; Introduced species; Invasive fish; Invasive species; Invasiveness; LDCs; management; Nonnative species; Parasites; politics; rearing; risk; River ecology; South America; Tilapia; Brazil; ASW, Brazil

As Brazil undergoes rapid economic growth, short‐sighted political decisions can threaten biological diversity and ecosystem services. Recently, the Brazilian Congress proposed a law to allow the rearing of nonnative fish in aquaculture cages in any hydroelectric reservoir of the country. This initi...