SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF ARTISANAL FISHERMEN IN LAGOON PONTA GRANDE, AGROVILA PORTO, IPANGUAÇU-RN

Abstract

The Agrovila Porto is a community that currently belongs to the Pedro Ezequiel de Araújo Rural Settlement, registered by the Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform – INCRA in the municipality of Ipanguaçu in the state of Rio Grande do Norte and is located on the banks of Lagoa da Ponta Grande. It is made up, for the most part, of artisanal fishermen who practice fishing autonomously or in a family economy regime and, for this purpose, use their own resources or through a partnership contract, using small vessels. The target audience for the research were rural artisanal fishermen residing in Agrovila Porto, associated with the Colônia de Pescadores Aquicultores e Afins Z-47 de Ipanguaçu/RN, men and women over 18 years of age, who have lived for more than 10 years in the community. As a methodology for data acquisition, interviews and questionnaire applications were used, using the snowball technique, where the fisherman already interviewed indicates others with the same profile. The socioeconomic profile of the community and characteristics such as gender, marital status, age, education level, monthly income, length of time living in the community, time working as a fisherman were identified.