Beyond the surface: impacts of the development of modernity in the artisanal fishing of Augusta Regency - ES
Name: CHARLENE SALES BICALHO
Publication date: 29/05/2012
Summary: This study shows how the fishermen of Regency Augusta, district of Linhares-ES, ressignificam fishing and social practices in its work towards large-scale Projects (PGE ´ s) deployed both the rio Doce and maritime space. Want to be investigated from the look of the fishermen as the process of transformation in practice against fishing impacts caused by these investments. The survey was carried out in the community, participating through qualitative methodology, in order to understand the dynamics of artisanal fishermen, their beliefs, Regencia Augusta, values, attitudes and habits. The analysis is based on two directions. On the one hand, the villagers reports and official environmental reports. On the other hand, the description of two meetings of the compensation plan of the Fishing Activity of 4 d Seismic Survey (PCAP), from the view of fishermen. The observation and analysis lead us to the following results: the modification of fishing areas held predominantly in rio to before the sea; insertion of new fishing methods; emergence of new occupations and forms of employment; restriction of fishing area because of seismic surveys carried out in the region for an oil company; conflicts among fishermen.
