Estudo da pesca artesanal no município de Icapuí-CE e sua relação com a Economia Ecológica

Abstract

The search for economic growth has generated irreversible damage to the environment; this damage permeates several areas and affects the availability of natural resources and their regeneration capacity. Industrial fishing supported by the pursuit of profit has generated an imbalance and overfishing of fish stocks. In contrast to this model of economic reproduction, ecological economics highlights the biophysical limits of nature and the dependence of the economic system on the environment as a provider of matter and energy and as a receiver of the waste generated at the end of the production cycle, which is characterized as high entropy matter. In a study carried out in the municipality of Icapuí - CE through the application of individual questionnaires with fishermen and fisherwomen of the municipality it was possible to identify the relationship between artisanal fishing and the environment and how this model of economic reproduction can develop in a harmonious way with natural ecosystems. These indications are presented in the materials used by fishermen and in the way artisanal fishing is developed, reinforcing aspects of sustainability and connecting to the vision of ecological economy.