ANÁLISE DA DINÂMICA TERRITORIAL DA PESCA NO MÉDIO ARAGUARI: O CASO DE FERREIRA GOMES (AP/BRASIL)

Abstract

The energy generated through the Hydroelectric Power Plants (HPP) has consolidated itself as an important source of energy supply, focused on the development of Brazil. However, the process of implanting and operating these enterprises has produced a series of impacts on the physical and social environment, which act especially in the territories of local communities. This energetic frontier found in the Araguari River basin, in the state of Amapá, a favorable space for its development and expansion. In view of this, this study performs an analysis of the territorial dynamics of fishing activity, using the municipality of Ferreira Gomes as a spatial outline. Methodologically, bibliographic research and, in the field, focus group and participatory mapping. The results obtained revealed that the fishing carried out in the Middle Araguari is fundamentally artisanal. Local fishermen have fish as the main source of food and income. Prior to the implantation of the HPP, the activity had, in the rivers and nearby streams, an abundant source of resources.  The changes in the physical environment produced by the enterprises, imposed on the fisherman the search for new territorial fishing strategies, given the fragility of the socially constructed territories and the reduction of their productive base.