Caracterização sócio-econômica das comunidades de pescadores do município de Aquiraz - Ceará

Abstract

The marine fi sh production in Ceará State derives from two kinds of fi sheries, namely artisanal and industrial. The artisanal system is small-scaled and primitive as to use of fi shing gear and craft, and accounts for most of the total catch. With the aim of assessing the status of fi shing communities along the Ceará littoral coast, one of them located at Iguape, Aquiraz county, was chosen for the purpose of raising information of social and economic features of their fi shermen. The technique of opinion poll was employed to a sample of 151 fi shers and their results were analyzed from responses on such topics as occurrence of impacts caused by private and public interventions on the coastal zone, and needs for betterment of this situation as opposed to changes caused by tourism and leisure activities.