Caracterización de la pesca artesanal en el ecosistema lotico “rió Bache”, en jurisdicción de Palermo, departamento del Huila.

Abstract

Artisanal fishing is a form of livelihood which is developed in different ways throughout the country. The methods and practices used have an impact on the communities and the ecosystem involved. The main objective of this research is to carry out a characterization of artisanal fishing in the ecosystem of the Bache River hydrographic basin in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Palermo. Likewise, the knowledge of the fishing community that lives from this activity in the municipality of Palermo Huila was obtained. The collection of information and the necessary data were key in the investigation. Where the objectives that were initially raised, the knowledge of the types of fishing used, the social and ecological impacts of this activity were taken into account. Likewise, the types of fishing in this hydrographic basin were known. Finally, knowledge was left in the fishing communities regarding 8the impacts of fishing and the care of the logical ecosystem. A total of 21 fishermen who carry out the activity of artisanal fishing in the Bache River were identified, where 5% use their catches only for their own consumption and 43% for sale (economic sustenance), and 52% use it both for sale for own consumption. In the present study, 3 fishing methods were recorded, of which the harpoon is the most used by artisanal fishermen, in addition, the fish species that were found cucha, capaci, mojarra, sea bream, bocachico, patalo and shoemaker were mentioned.