Avaliação da gestão ambiental da carcinicultura marinha no Estado do Ceará: estudo de caso

Abstract

This study deals with the assessment of the environmental management of the shrimp farming, particularly the case study of the growth phase in a large scale farm (larger than 50 ha), in the municipality of Aracati, State of Ceará. Specifically, it was investigated the environmental practices adopted by the farm, the factors determining the adoption of practices, the degree of conformity with the Code of Conduct of the Brazilian Association of Shrimp Producers (ABCC) and with the NBR ISO 14001 norm. The environment practices were identified through the application of a questionnaire with 358 questions and the environmental auditing tool for the following elements of the farm administration: management control, effluent management and reside management. This data allowed classify 114 environmental practices of management inherent to the shrimp farming, that were characterized in accordance with each component of the NBR ISO 14.001 norm, based on what the degree of conformity was evaluated. Based in the Code of Conduct of ABCC, 59 guidelines of the code were evaluated, of which 69,5% showed conformity, being the lack of knowledge about the implementation of the code guidelines the main reason for unadoption of practices. It was verified that the firm is knowledgeable of the environmental issues related to the production process, mainly regarding the legal demands for the operation of its activities.