Table 6.

Baits used to catch Epinephelus marginatus in the coast of Brazil^{a, b}

Bait	Copacabana	Bertioga	Itacimirim	Florianópolis	Vitória Island	Total
Anything	3	1		1		5
Artificial bait				6		6
Bird				1		1
Bonito	2	4		4	2	12
Crabs		3		1		4
Crustacea	2					2
Deteriorated meat	1	2				3
Fish		2	12	2		16
Maize grass				1		1
Meat				2		2
Octopus		2				2
Sardine	3	8	7	4		22
Scad			7			7
Shrimp	1	1	1			3
Small molluscs		1				1
Squid	1	2		4		7

^aBertioga and Vitória Island (São Paulo), Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim (Bahia).

^bBased don interviews with experienced fishermen [40 years up, fishing and living in the locality for 25 years or more]