Análise do rendimento produtivo de duas embarcações pesqueiras de Fortaleza - Ceará

Abstract

Fishing is one of the oldest activities in the coast of Brazil. This activity handles a very broad market as major supplier of animal protein for mankind. The use of spreadsheets to monitor production of various vessels is an important tool for craft masters and owners of fishing vessels. The main objective of this paper was to analyze the productive performance of two vessels of Fortaleza - Ceará. Both vessels operate in the Ceará coast and realize their landings in the fishing port of Barra do Ceará in Fortaleza, one vessel specialized in lobster catches and another responsible for the capture of fish in general. The period under review occurred during the fishing seasons of 2009 and 2010. The lobster catcher craft Virginia captured, landed and sold 3,829 kg of lobster tails and live lobsters, generating a revenue of R$ 73,496.50 and R$ 54,060.00, respectively in the years of 2009 and 2010, profiting R$ 9,915.75 in 2009 and a loss of R$ 98.80 in 2010. The main species were the green lobster (Panulirus laevicauda) and red (P. argus). The vessel Keke I caught, landed and sold 9274.40 kg of fish, generating revenues of R$ 44,175.10 in 2009 — 2010, grossing R$ 389.05 after the withdrawal of R$ 43,786.05 in operating costs and crew payment. There were several fish species that were important in the production and marketing of fish caught, such as fat snook (Centropomus parallelus), tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla), yellow jack (Carangoides bartholomaei) and spanish mackerel (S. brasiliensis).