Avaliação da rentabilidade da pesca comercial artesanal e primeira comercialização do pescado no estado do Amazonas, Brasil

Abstract

Fishing in the State of Amazonas, as in other Amazonian states and countries have cultural, ecological, social and economic. In economics, as in any business activity, investment demand, operating costs and aims to generate positive returns in the form of profit. This paper presents an overview of the economic performance of artisanal commercial fishing fleet in the state of Amazonas, qualifying and quantifying the fleet, exploited species, fish production, operating markets and economic indicators related to operability: investments, variable costs and fixed prices commercialization of production, revenue generated, profitability and rates of return, income generated and the influence of the seasonal flood pulse envelopes these variables. The fleet was divided into five strata, resulting five models that describe the influences of capture, price, variable costs, fixed costs and seasonality on operating profit. In these, only the capture and price were statistically significant, pointing to a clearing. In the winter period (December to May), there is a reduction in fish production, which reduces the supply of fish in the market, causing a rise in the price / kg, while the opposite occurred in the summer (June-November), during which noted the occurrence of economic loss. To demonstrate this behavior, simulations were performed influence of the variation in price and capturing three species exploited, pointing senáios and proposals to mitigate the economic damage, combining measures to support the maintenance of operating income and conservation of fishery resources in the state.