Artisanal fishing in Brazil

Diegues, Antonio Carlos Sant’Ana and Schiavone Cardoso, Eduardo (1991) Artisanal fishing in Brazil. Samudra Report (4). pp. 10-11. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Brazil’s catch during the 1980s was between 800,000 and 900,000 metric tons a year, according to official statistics. At east half of it was taken by small scale fishermen, for both subsistence and small commercial production (table 1). In 1988 (IBGE, 1989), some 625,000 metric tons were recorded. Of the total catch, artisanal fishermen caught approximate 25% in the southeastern-southern region (around 118,000 metric tons), 85% in the northeastern region (94,000 metric tons), and a bit more than 85% in the northern region (37,000 metric tons). Artisanal fishermen took close to 92.8% of the recorded catch in inland waters (190,000 metric tons; see map 1). The criterion for distinguishing artisanal from industrial fishing in the official statistics is the tonnage of the vessels: up to 20 tons of gross tonnage is artisanal, above that, industrial.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0030
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Brazil, Artisanal Fisheries, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishing Methods, Fishing Gear, Fish Catch, Industrial Fisheries, Conflicts
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2021 10:37
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 18:18
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/143

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