USE OF REJECTED MATERIAL FROM SEVEN-BARBED SHRIMP FISHING (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) FOR ASSEMBLY OF TEACHING MATERIAL FOR THE PIBID-UNISANTA PROJECT Celina Moreira Barreto, Matheus Mano-Clara, Uélcio Jackson Magalhães Alves Jr., Gustavo Koerich, Mariana Hoff Duque, Jorge Luis Santos

Abstract

Marine shrimp fishing along the southeastern coast of Brazil is predominantly carried out using double-seine trawls with otters. This fishing technique is characterized by low selectivity in catches, generating a high volume of invertebrate organisms that are not economically useful and that are consequently returned to the sea. This study aimed to evaluate the taxonomic diversity of classes of invertebrate organisms that do not have legal restrictions on capture in the fishing of seven-bearded shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri). Between June and July 2014, two samples of fishing waste were obtained from Praia do Perequê, in the municipality of Guarujá, São Paulo. In the laboratory, the most abundant and largest macroinvertebrates were screened and identified for the assembly of teaching material to be used at the Florestan Fernandes School in the city of Santos, as part of the PIBID-UNISANTA Project (CAPES Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation Grants), thus generating the possibility of increasing knowledge of part of the marine diversity of the Baixada Santista region for the students of the 2nd grade of that municipal school. The material came from donations from legal fishermen, a situation that does not encourage the commercialization of these materials. As a result, 12 (twelve) sets were obtained, fixed with representatives of the following classes: 3 (three) Gastropoda, 2 (two) Bivalvia, 4 (four) Malacostraca and 3 (three) Scifozoa. None of the screened representatives are on the list of endangered animals and, therefore, the present work does not present restrictions regarding environmental legislation. The results obtained show that there was a high level of involvement among the PIBID project scholarship students, who, despite being undergraduates in marine biology, were not yet aware of the diversity associated with fishing activities. The students in elementary school II were very interested in observing and studying part of the material sent to the school where the project is being developed. Other materials will still be identified and will be part of the collection sent to the school. The assembly of biological material from fishing waste is considered satisfactory, with regard to the possibility of bringing PIBID scholarship students closer to the educational tool of the assembled zoological material.