TECHNICAL PAPERS SERIES
The technical paper “Field study on the population status of three species of freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon motoro, P. orbignyi, P. falkneri (Elasmobranchii: Potamotrygonidae) in the Peruvian Amazon, taking into consideration the stakeholders’ perceptions in relation to the value chain” is a contribution of the biologist Alfredo Pérez Lozano to the Bioamazon Newsletter, #14.
Abstract: The Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) of the Republic of Peru, identified and entrusted the Bioamazon Project the conduction a field study, under Component 3, on the state of exploitation of three species of freshwater rays (Potamotrygon motoro, P. orbignyi, P. falkneri) in the Peruvian Amazon, used as ornamental fish. This paper is part of the field trip report in March 2022, to the city of Iquitos, Department of Loreto, through river crossings on the Nanay, Ucayali, and Amazon rivers. The trip aimed to collect data to support population studies of the species in its main capture areas, as well as to learn about the appreciation of various stakeholders in relation to the production chain of these stingray species.
Key words: Amazon, freshwater stingrays, ornamental fishery, Iquitos, Peru
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Published in the Bioamazon Newsletter, issue n. 14, March-April 2022.
