Social and environmental dynamic in the coastal Fishing Village (Eastern Amazonian, Pará, Brazil)

Authors

  • Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Pedro Walfir Martins e Souza Filho Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Marcilenia de Jesus Silva Ribeiro Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Samara Cristina Campelo Pinheiro Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Zélia Maria Pimentel Nunes Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Rauquírio Marinho da Costa Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v13i0.4774

Keywords:

aspectos sociais, aspectos ambientais, comunidade de pescadores, litoral amazônico, social aspects, environmental aspects, fishing community, Amazonian littoral

Abstract

This study describes the social, economic and environmental aspects of a fishing community “Vila dos
Pescadores” situated in the Caeté River Estuary, northeastern Pará (Brazil). The methodology adopted
in this study was based on interviews, questionnaires and direct observations to characterize some
social, economic and environmental aspects and on monitored of beach profile to know the local coastal
dynamic. Results show that the majority of the interviewed are between 18-35 years (50.97%), are
fishermen (62.13%), married (68.93%), with elementary school not completed (77.67%), live with the
family (2-4 persons, 39.85%) in their own houses (86.89%) and earn monthly less than one salary
(95.63%). The majority of the people has been living in the village for 10 years or more (42.71%) and
do not like their current social, economic and environmental situation. The village has some
environmental problems such as coastal erosion and serious service and infrastructure problems (e.g.
little or total absence of public transports, public telephones, garbage collectors, public illumination,
drinking water, basic sanitary facilities, underdeveloped commercial area, sport area, health post,
police post, car parking, lifeguard, school, among others). The absence of employment opportunities is
another problem, being the fisheries the main source of income in the village. On the other hand, the
exuberant nature, the equatorial weather, the tranquility and the large amount of fish are the main
positive aspects according to the opinion of those interviewed.

Author Biographies

Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Universidade Federal do Pará

Laboratório de Oceanografia Costeira e Estuarina. Campus Universitário de Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n. CEP: 68.600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brasil. Fone: 91 34251209.

Pedro Walfir Martins e Souza Filho, Universidade Federal do Pará

Laboratório de Análise de Imagens do Trópico Úmido (LAIT). Centro de Geociências, Av. Augusto Correa 1, Guamá, CEP: 66075-110, C.P. 8608, Belém, Pará, Brasil. Fone: 91 3201-8009.

Marcilenia de Jesus Silva Ribeiro, Universidade Federal do Pará

Laboratório de Oceanografia Costeira e Estuarina. Campus Universitário de Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n. CEP: 68.600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brasil. Fone: 91 34251209.

Samara Cristina Campelo Pinheiro, Universidade Federal do Pará

Laboratório de Oceanografia Costeira e Estuarina. Campus Universitário de Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n. CEP: 68.600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brasil. Fone: 91 34251209.

Zélia Maria Pimentel Nunes, Universidade Federal do Pará

Engenharia de Pesca Campus Universitário de Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n. CEP: 68.600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brasil. Fone: 91 34251209.

Rauquírio Marinho da Costa, Universidade Federal do Pará

Laboratório de Plâncton e Cultivo de Microalgas Campus Universitário de Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n. CEP: 68.600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brasil. Fone: 91 34251209.

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Published

2006-06-30

How to Cite

Pereira, L. C. C., Souza Filho, P. W. M. e, Ribeiro, M. de J. S., Pinheiro, S. C. C., Nunes, Z. M. P., & da Costa, R. M. (2006). Social and environmental dynamic in the coastal Fishing Village (Eastern Amazonian, Pará, Brazil). Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 13. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v13i0.4774

Issue

Vol. 13 (2006): Coastal Land Use and Occupation: a mosaic of diversity

Section

OCUPAÇÃO E USO DO SOLO COSTEIRO: UM MOSAICO DE DIVERSIDADE

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