Integrating economic development and the environment: artisan fishing production in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro.
The adoption of environmentally sustainable techniques by cooperatives and small companies results in specific difficulties rarely discussed in the literature. This paper describes an "action-research" carried out by seafood cultivators and university researchers in Guanabara Bay, which resulted in the substitution of the previous technique, based on extraction, by one without negative environmental impacts. The economic results have been satisfactory, so it can be expected that this activity may become more widespread in the region.
Bessa
Eliane da Silva
Eda S
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro FAU/PROURB/UFRJ, Av. Almirante Alvaro Alberto, 100/601 22.610-070 São Conrado Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
d'Avignon
Alexandre
A
Valle
Rogerio
R
Teixeira
Maria Gacinda
MG
D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000191:economics*; D001938:Brazil; D003132:Commerce; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005398:Fisheries; D017747:Seafood