CLASSIFICAÇÃO E DESCRIÇÃO TÉCNICA DAS EMBARCAÇÕES PESQUEIRAS ATUANTES EM SANTARÉM, ESTADO DO PARÁ

This study aimed to characterize fishing boats in the municipality of Santarém. The data were collected through interviews carried out from January 2017 to December 2018, in places where the fishing fleet was busy and at various points the edge of the city. During this period, 150 semi-structured forms were applied mainly to the owners or agents of fishing boats and fishermen who landed fish, as well as the monitoring of landings and direct observations. The fishing boats in activity in the municipality and registered in the present study had dimensions varying from 3 to 20 meters in length, all units of the fishing fleet had the construction and structure in wood evidencing an artisanal production system. The fishing fleet was classified into seven categories: “cascos”, canoes, motorized canoes, “sapiaras”, “rabetão”, “bajaras” and “geleiras”, which differ in size, model and type of propulsion. The most frequent boats in the ports of Santarém were the group of canoes, in descending order of contribution, are the “rabetas”, canoes, “cascos”, “rabetão” and “sapiaras”, followed by the glaciers and “bajaras” boats. The physical conditions of the floodplain environment, with numerous canals, “paranás” and lakes that suffer fluctuations of the water level are determinant factors for the size of the boats justifying the great use of the hooves and canoes actually operating in the regional fishing activity, associated with a variation of fishing techniques that demand a differentiated means of transport. Therefore, this study proves that the fishing sector plays an important role in the regional economy, besides supplying the Santarém city.