Perfil socioeconômico das comunidades de pescadores de Camará e Caratateua, nordeste do estado do Pará

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the socioeconomic aspects of fishing activity and the form of marketing of fish in Camara communities in the municipality of Marapanim, and Caratateua in the municipality of Curuçá, State of Para. 90 questionnaires were applied in Caratateua community and 106 Camara questionnaires, which allowed diagnose that fishing activities in the communities studied are carried out predominantly by males, with age range 30-43 years in Camara, and 43 to 56 years in Caratateua, and low educational level, in both communities. The fishermen interviewed had average monthly income of R $ 597.70, in Camara and R $ 451.90 in Caratateua, with a household income below the minimum wage, 90% and 77% in Camara in Caratateua declared fishing activity as the main source income communities, however 84% of respondents in Camara and 76% in Caratateua observed change in the volume of fish caught in the last 5 years. Much of fishermen does not stay at sea overnight, that is, return the fishery on the same day. Travel to the fishing is still carried out with use of traditional knowledge, and technology rarely used by most of the respondents, and wooden boats, with motor propulsion. 78% of fishermen interviewed in Camara and 50% in Caratateua sell the fish in natura, and in general this fish is sold to middlemen. GO hake (Macrodon ancylodon) is the most abundant in both communities and the most common fixture is waiting network (gill).