Produtividade e rentabilidade da frota artesanal que captura serra, (Scomberomorus brasiliensis, Collette, Russo & Zavalla-Camin, 1978), na costa norte do Brasil

Abstract

The fisheries on the Brazil north coast, as well as the S. brasiliensis, has a great economic importance to the local fisheries communities. This resource have a seasonal production variation associated at the changes of the precipitation, with migrations to the northern hemisphere and to the Brazilian Northeast too. Your fishing is shared by many fleets of different Brazilian states and several countries, with no one management policies, for this stock. The Amapá state coast is comparatively more productive than that of Pará and Maranhão, but the fishing on the Pará coastline promotes a better economic return for small boats. Larger boats have a better economic income when their fishing are on the Amapá coast. Financing to a boat acquisition must be accompanied by a trained professional to guiding the fisherman, with a economic and technical information, to straight at a fishing activity with a better financial returns. The middleman, at this time, have a fundamental importance in the serra capture, capitalizing the fishing activity and are the major marketing agents of the production. A change in the economic profile of production and in the marketing chain is required, changing from a disorganized activity, artisanal and unprofitable to the fishermen, to a scale economy with less overhead and greater income. This only will happen with formation of associations and/or cooperatives. The professional training only will increase with the grow of the formal education level, because the education is a limiting factor for the technical learning of fishermen.