Sair para pescar: histórias de pescadores do Grande Mucuripe

Abstract

This technical report presents the process of creating the book-length report "Going Out Fishing: Stories of Fishermen from Greater Mucuripe," presented as a final project in Journalism at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The main objective of this work is to present the life stories and resilience of five artisanal fishermen from the Mucuripe region, a neighborhood in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, through journalistic profiles, a textual format within the interpretative genre. The following fishermen were profiled, whose stories were accessed through in-depth interviews: Wesley Amaral, Antônio Banqueiro, Jeová Nojosa, Francisco Nojosa, and Maria Cabelão. Throughout this work, we narrate and reflect on their experiences, challenges, affections, stories, and experiences linked to the sea, highlighting the life stories of these professionals who have or have had fishing as their primary source of income and, consequently, their means of survival. The book seeks to highlight not only the memories of these people, but also their almost daily struggles in a profession as challenging as it is rewarding.