Characterization of small-scale fisheries in the Camamu-Almada basin, southeast state of Bahia, Brazil

Tcm Souza,M Petrere-Jr

doi:10.1590/s1519-69842008000400005

Tcm Souza, M Petrere-Jr

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842008000400005

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Abstract

In the Camamu-Almada basin, marine fishery is exclusively small-scale, with several structural deficiencies such as boats with low or absent navigational technology, lack of credit and low income. Local fishers complain that shrimp and lobster trawling fishing is the main factor responsible for low stock abundance, but they still persist in these activities as these two species command the highest market prices. So they feel that the target species are already over-fished. We suggest that proper management action, alternative ways of income generation and the payment of job insurance would help to mitigate the problem.

Highlights

The Camamu-Almada Basin is known as the Cocoa Coast near the municipality of Ilhéus, and as Dendê Coast, near the municipalities of Camamu, Nilo Peçanha, Ituberá and Salvador (Figure 1)
The fishers of the Camamu-Almada Basin are represented by colonies located at the municipalities of Valença (Colony Z-15), Ilhéus (Colonies Z-19 and Z-34), Ituberá (Colony Z-40), and Cairú (Colony Z-55)
The region experienced an increase in fishing effort, as more families attempted to obtain their incomes from coastal and estuarine fisheries

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Introduction

The Camamu-Almada Basin is known as the Cocoa Coast near the municipality of Ilhéus, and as Dendê Coast, near the municipalities of Camamu, Nilo Peçanha, Ituberá and Salvador (Figure 1) These different denominations of the study area illustrate the agricultural nature of the south Coast of State of Bahia, and reflect the pioneering nature of the colonization of the area. Besides these characteristics, this region is characterized, in terms of occupation, by a typical and strong hierarchical political system locally know as “coronelismo”, and by extractivist procedures as the main economical activity. These new fishers are a minority in the area

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