When Leandro Castello graduated with his degree in oceanography in 1998, he didn’t immediately get a job related to the ocean. Instead, he found himself in the Middle Solimões region of the Amazon, studying fisheries for arapaima (Arapaima gigas), freshwater behemoths that come the surface to breathe air. These fisheries had been banned in many … Continue reading Fishers’ memories on par with scientific data on historic catches: Study