The catch-and-pay enterprises in Mogi-Guaçu river basin: an analysis of the socioeconomic profile and the environmental perception of the users / Os pesque-pagues da bacia hidrográfica do rio Mogi-Guaçu: uma análise do perfil socioeconômico e da percepção ambiental de seus usuários

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Most of the fishing enterprises denominated catch-and-pay (pesque-pagues), common in the Mogi-Guaçu river basin (southwest Minas Gerais and northwest São Paulo states), are originated from a former infrastructure and the rural producers desire to diversify their economic activity. Their capacity, structure, hydric area and service offering vary, and they are private enterprises, taking aim at amateur fishing in fishponds or constructed lakes and with many fish species. Daily, these enterprises receive 50 to 200 customers, with different cultural, social and economic standards, which become co-responsible by their positive (leisure) and negative (residue production) aspects. This study aimed to evaluate the environmental perception and the socioeconomic profile of these users, and also the eventual relation between the profiles, the frequency, and the various enterprises categories, through tools such as interviews, observation techniques and environmental perception analysis. It was concluded that, usually, the most of the catch-and-pay enterprises frequenter (85%) are men, and that the low women amount (15%) can be due to the lack of structure of the enterprises. The higher educational level (28%) was incomplete elementary school, for both gender, and although it is considered small, do not contribute to the users preference for the C enterprises category, which offers good services associated to good prices. With regard to the environmental perception, it was observed a balance, whereas 50% of the interviewers could not describe the landscape around the enterprises or perceiving the smell and the color of the fishing ponds water. Analyzing the generated residue, it was observed a significant contribution of the users, since everything generated by them during the fishing process is left around the ponds. The owners and users disinformation and lack of perception are some of the causes of the various problems associated with the catch-and-pay enterprises. Environmental education, associated to adequate actions, could be an instrument for the sustainable development of the sector.

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percepção ambiental mogi-guaçu river rio mogi-guaçu environmental perception socioeconomic profile pesque-pague catch-and-pay enterprises environmental impacts perfil socioeconômico impactos ambientais

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