@article{fdi:010054145,
  title = {{C}ontribution of local fishermen to improving knowledge of the marine ecosystem and resources in the {R}epublic of {G}uinea, {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{L}e {F}ur, {J}ean and {G}uilavogui, {A}. and {T}eitelbaum, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e assessed the quality of fishermen's local ecological knowledge, or {LEK}, as a potential source of information about coastal ecosystem functioning in the {R}epublic of {G}uinea. {I}nterviews were conducted by means of partial immersion or repeated surveys at six landing sites. {I}n each site and for each topic, discussions were conducted with 3 to 15 individual fishermen and 1 to 10 groups of fishermen. {K}nowledge was obtained about habitats, substrate preferences, the location of nurseries, reproductive cycles, fish diet, and the trophic network of the {S}ciaenid community, the major resource for fisheries in this area. {W}e systematically compared the reliability of the information collected with that of scientific information collected in parallel surveys or published data. {T}he contribution of {LEK} should be considered on a case-by-case basis. {I}ndeed, {LEK} could be used as (i) a supplementary source of scientific studies (seabed description), (ii) a basis for new scientific investigation (species reproductive cycle), (iii) the only possibility to obtain information (nursery location), (iv) a surrogate to scientific surveys providing an identical level of validity (fish diets) or a satisfactory proxy (trophic network) in a context of limited resources and data in which wide-ranging knowledge relating to the entire coast must be obtained.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}anadian {J}ournal of {F}isheries and {A}quatic {S}ciences},
  volume = {68},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {1454--1469},
  ISSN = {0706-652{X}},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1139/f2011-061},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054145},
}