PERFIL SOCIOECONÔMICO DA PISCICULTURA NO MUNICÍPIO DE BUJARU (PA), REGIÃO NORTE DO BRASIL

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the socio-economic profile of fish farming in the municipality of Bujaru (PA), through information of a social nature for producers and zootechnics of the production of the activity. Through non-probabilistic snowball sampling, questionnaires were applied to 30 fish farmers, performing image records during visits. The results were entered into the specific database, and submitted to descriptive statistical analysis (mean and standard deviation) in the BioEstat 5.3 program. Fish farming in Bujaru is carried out by male fish farmers (100%), most of whom are married (75%), with low education, exercising the activity for 5.10 ± 3.68 years. The production in the municipality is directed to species such as tambacu, pacu, tambaqui, pirapitinga, pirarucu and Nile tilapia, being carried out extensively, mostly in a family character, in excavated nurseries and igarapé channels, aiming at subsistence, commercialization and leisure. In addition to fish farming, producers develop other creations such as beef cattle, swine and poultry, as well as the planting of cassava, bananas and açaí. Regarding the inputs, the cost of the feed was costly and as for the acquired juveniles, many showed high mortality and heterogeneity in the lots. It also verified whether producers' dissatisfaction with public management in the activity, as well as their individualism, causing an obstacle to the development of the sector. The profile of the fish farming in Bujaru presented several obstacles, showing no potential for producers, due to the lack of technical assistance, lack of organization and incentive on the part of public policies in the activity.