Characterization and socioeconomic feasibility of the fishing for live lobster off Caponga Beach, Ceará State

Authors

  • Jamile Mota da Costa Ministério da Pesca e Agricultura no Ceará
  • Ricardo Lafaiete Moreira Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Antonio Adauto Fonteles-Filho Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará.
  • Paulo Parente Lira Cavalcante
  • Manuel Antônio de Andrade Furtado-Neto Secretaria de Pesca e Aquicultura do Estado do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v44i2.160

Keywords:

live lobster, marketing, community, Caponga.

Abstract

This paper is meant as an outcome of the development of the “Live Lobster” Project which was supported by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA), and it was carried out in Caponga Beach, Ceará State, Brazil. The goal of this project was to assess the socioeconomic viability of the exploitation of live whole lobsters instead of the usual lobster tails. The acclimatization experiment of the individuals was developed in a set of three fiberglass tanks, each one with dimensions of 8.0 m2 in area and 4.0 m3 in volume. The results of the evaluation process was divided into two phases: (1) attempt of community involvement in the effort to land live lobsters, and to carry through its acclimatization and ensuing marketing; (2) simulation of the effect of various rates of utilization of the lobster in its live form on total revenues. The marketing structure in Caponga Beach is composed of three elements: producer (fisherman), middleman and businessman. The results of this simulation exercise have shown that the marketing of live lobster accounts for increasing revenues which varied from 0.85% to 8.87% of the total economic receipts when 10% and 50% of the catch, respectively, were sold as live lobster.

Author Biographies

Jamile Mota da Costa, Ministério da Pesca e Agricultura no Ceará

Engenheira de Pesca, Chefe de Divisão da Superintendência do Ministério da Pesca e Agricultura no Ceará

Ricardo Lafaiete Moreira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Doutorando em Engenharia de Pesca, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca.

Antonio Adauto Fonteles-Filho, Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Bolsista de Doutorado do CNPq. Pesquisador.

Paulo Parente Lira Cavalcante

Analista Ambiental do IBAMA, Acessor Técnico da Superintendência do Ministério da Pesca e Aquicultura no Ceará.

Manuel Antônio de Andrade Furtado-Neto, Secretaria de Pesca e Aquicultura do Estado do Ceará

Professor Associado, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca, Universidade Federal do Ceará, atualmente Secretário Adjunto da
Secretaria de Pesca e Aquicultura do Estado do Ceará.

Published

2011-09-01

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Section

Artigos originais