Práticas locais e regras institucionais: uso dos recursos naturais por pescadores artesanais da Resex Marinha Caeté-Taperaçu

Abstract

In this research, the productive activities carried out by artisanal fishermen in two communities, inserted in the context of an Extractive Reserve, were analyzed to obtain answers regarding the possible changes in relation to the know-how of the fishermen after the implementation of rules of usage and agreements of coexistence deriving from the creation of the Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, located in the municipality of Bragança-Pa. The analysis of the practices of individuals who use the resources in an environment of common use, where there is the dependence of the natural resources and the dispute for the appropriation of the territory with other actors, including the State and representatives of the civil society, is what this work intends to present, seeking answers about the possible changes in artisanal fishing practices after the creation of the Extractive Reserve. The study begins from the hypothesis that the dynamic relations between institutions and individuals that have diverse interests relating to the available resources can be a relationship of continuity or resignification, where the external conditioning, such as rules created by institutions, and the subjectivity of the individual, materialized through practices, are factors that must be considered to the efectiveness reach of territories' objectives created not only for nature's conservation, but also for the maintenance of the livelihoods of artisanal fishermen through Marine Extractive Reserves.