Mining the gold of the sea: In their search for sustainability, artisanal fishing communities in Ceara, Northeast Brazil, are combining tourism with fishing to enhance incomes

Scharer, Rene (2006) Mining the gold of the sea: In their search for sustainability, artisanal fishing communities in Ceara, Northeast Brazil, are combining tourism with fishing to enhance incomes. Samudra Report (44). pp. 29-35. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

The artisanal fishery in Brazil contributes to over 50 per cent of the total capture of fish and crustaceans, and accounts for about 90 per cent of the country’s fishers and fleet. Artisanal fishing dates back to before the European discovery of Brazil around 1500, as indigenous peoples explored the coastal areas for their subsistence, using rafts made of wooden logs tied together with ropes. The rafts were called piperi or igapeba.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0569
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Brazil, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Artisanal Fisheries, Income, Tourism
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2021 06:36
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 08:00
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1363

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