Pescadores e pesquisadores: interesses e determinantes na percepção de risco ambiental

Abstract

Fishing has been a threatening activity, overfishing is considered as one of the biggest anthropogenic impacts to marine biodiversity, in addition to climate change. However, it is also an activity threatened by the occurrence of structural changes in marine ecosystems, threatening people who depend on these resources, artisanal fishermen. The objective of this dissertation is to investigate the issues related to fishing and its stressors and how these put artisanal fishermen at risk. In the second chapter, we tested the hypothesis that the production of scientific knowledge on fisheries and climate change is driven by negative socioeconomic impacts, finding that economic wealth is essential for greater scientific production in countries and we confirm also the increased emphasis on socioeconomic issues. In the third chapter, we tested the hypothesis that socioeconomic aspects, such as age, religion, income and fishing environment influence the perception of risk of artisanal fishermen from APA Costa dos Corais, and it was found that the high seas environment represents a greater risk of losses, as well as fishermen in this environment have a greater perception of risks related to conflicts and physical integrity than coastal fishermen. So, there needs to be a balance between research between human dimensions and natural dimensions for better fisheries management.