A pesca e os pescadores artesanais urbanos: um estudo de caso sobre a percepção ambiental no Açude Santo Anastácio (Fortaleza/CE)

Abstract

After realizing that the management of urbanized natural areas needs to have its importance elevated proportionally to the development of huge urban centers, with that being a constantly expanding and growing process, this study was produced to evaluate the environmental perception that those known as craft fishermen get from a specific dam located in Universidade Federal do Ceará (Federal University of Ceara), Campus of Pici, the Santo Anastacio dam. The work aims to make a literature review about the issues relevant to the historical development of fishing and how this activity was able to reach such size and be executed within the city, on urban water bodies. It is also a descriptive and exploratory research evaluating its qualitative results of countersign the literature search by means of gathering data and information from the users of the site. The study highlights the importance of monitoring and managing urban water bodies in order to allow and achieve a symbiotic relationship between the environment and society, where both are benefited.