title: A resource management scenario for traditional and scientific management of pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus paulensis) in the Patos Lagoon estuary (RS), Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article aims to discuss the incorporation of traditional time in the construction of a management scenario for pink shrimp in the Patos Lagoon estuary (RS), Brazil. To meet this objective, two procedures have been adopted; one at a conceptual level and another at a methodological level. At the conceptual level, the concept of traditional time as a form of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) was adopted.
  
  
  METHODS
  At the methodological level, we conduct a wide literature review of the scientific knowledge (SK) that guides recommendations for pink shrimp management by restricting the fishing season in the Patos Lagoon estuary; in addition, we review the ethno-scientific literature which describes traditional calendars as a management base for artisanal fishers in the Patos Lagoon estuary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results demonstrate that TEK and SK describe similar estuarine biological processes, but are incommensurable at a resource management level. On the other hand, the construction of a "management scenario" for pink shrimp is possible through the development of "criteria for hierarchies of validity" which arise from a productive dialog between SK and TEK.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The commensurable and the incommensurable levels reveal different basis of time-space perceptions between traditional ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge. Despite incommensurability at the management level, it is possible to establish guidelines for the construction of "management scenarios" and to support a co-management process.
authors: Environmental Sciences at University of São Paulo (PROCAM/USP), Fishing Research Group lidership (GPP) of the Núcleo de Pesquisa e Apoio a Populações de Áreas Úmidas do Brasil (NUPAUB-USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. gugoreira@gmail.com
authors: Gustavo Goulart Moreira
authors: GG
authors: Moura
authors: Daniela Coswig
authors: DC
authors: Kalikoski
authors: Antonio Carlos Sant'Ana
authors: AC
authors: Diegues
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology; D005398:Fisheries; D019359:Knowledge; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000502:physiology*