A Cadeia produtiva da pesca artesanal no Estado do Pará: estudo de caso no Nordeste Paraense.

Abstract

In the State of Pará, the artisanal fishery assumes an important socio-economic role in the occupation of the labor force, income generation and food offer for the population, especially for the small communities of the agricultural way. The research analyzes the productive chain of the artisan fishery in the Northeast of Pará, observing the municipalities of Augusto Corrêa, Bragança, Curuçá, Maracanã, Marapanim, São João de Pirabas and Viseu that, nowadays, answer for about 1/4 of the state fishery production. The results allow locate the State of Pará in the national context of the fishery production and exportation. Concerning the productive chain the socio-economic, technological and productive characteristics of the artisanal fishery are identified and the process and commercialization are analyzed. Finally, the analyses about the institutional productive chain dimension and organization are presented emphasizing the social organization, technical assistance and the access to credit.