PROCEEDINGS OF X IBERIAN SYMPOSIUM ON THE HYDROGRAPHIC MINHO RIVER BASIN

Abstract

The X Iberian Symposium on the Hydrographic Minho River Basin, organized by the Aquamuseu do Rio Minho/Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Cerveira and co-organized by the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) - University of Porto, in a multidisciplinary context, addressed themes that covered areas from the geochemistry of sediments and erosive forms of the Minho River bedrock; climate change in a perspective of future water management and the already evident effects on the biological communities; the importance of fisheries resource management in the Mouro River by monitoring and applying specific exploitation rules; diagnosis and ongoing measures for the conservation of migratory fish populations; the threat of emerging pollutants; the dissemination of new records of invertebrates found in the Minho River (taxonomic approach); evidence of collaboration between fishermen and researchers for a better social knowledge of the fishing community, its activity and its contribution to the management process; science communication and environmental education. Within the workshop, in a model open to the community, where fishermen participated, results of works within the scope of Local Ecological Knowledge (Ethnobiology) were presented, and the fishermen themselves had the opportunity to express their opinions related to fishing activity. There was also the opportunity to award the prizes of the scientific illustration competition "Rio Minho, Biodiversidade e Artes de Pesca" (Minho River, Biodiversity and Fishing Arts), whose complete exhibition was on display at the "Bienal de Cerveira".