“…These data allowed important outputs such as the construction of maps with EFHs and identification of the major seasons of spawning and recruitment of important species of commercial value, which seems to be still very unclear for local science. In this sense, a consistent compatibility was found between the data transmitted by key fishers and some previous scientific studies in other regions for the: (1) white-mouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri (Menezes and Figueiredo, 1980;Robert and Chaves, 2001;Costa and Araújo, 2003;Bernardes et al, 2005;Carneiro et al, 2005;Carneiro, 2007;Vazzoler, 1971;Vazzoler et al, 1989); (2) seabob-shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Nakagaki and Negreiros-Fransozo, 1998;Fransozo et al, 2000;Castro et al, 2005;Freire, 2005); (3) inshore squid Loligo spp. (Perez et al, 2002(Perez et al, , 2005Martins and Perez, 2006;Rodrigues and Gasalla, 2008;Gasalla et al, 2010;Postuma and Gasalla, 2010); (4) white shrimp Litopenaeus schimitti (Chagas-Soares et al, 1995;Costa, 2002;Castilho et al, 2007;Costa et al, 2007;Gonç alves et al, 2009) and (5) blue runner Caranx crysos (Leak, 1981).…”