Fernanda Reis da Silva, Talia Pena Soares, Manoel Luciano Aviz de Quadros, J. Moreau, Netanias Mateus de Souza Castro, Luã Caldas de Oliveira, Raoani Cruz Mendonça, F. Silva
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The objective of the present study was to evaluate the socioeconomic condition of fishermen of the Amazonian shrimp (Macrobrachium amazonicum) in the municipality of Breves, Marajó archipelago (Pará Brazil). The study was carried out from January to June 2019, using a questionnaire for eighteen fishermen. As for gender distribution, the presence of women in fishing is observed with 61.0% representation. They are aged between 31 and 40 years old (28.0%), with more than half (33.0%) having 4 to 5 children. As for education, the municipality of Breves has 22.0% of illiterate fishermen and 52.0% who have incomplete elementary education, which corresponds to the majority of respondents. It was found that the Amazon shrimp fishermen need public policies to promote educational and fishing activities, job and income generation, with improved quality of life.