Pesca predatória: sensibilização da população ribeirinha da barragem Mesa de Pedra, zona rural de Valença do Piauí

Abstract

The fishing community deserves and should be praised for their lived experience, which illuminates the primitive customs of bygone days, passed down from generation to generation and continuing to the present moment. In contrast, the research sparks interest in conducting an investigation to increase the awareness of the riverside population of the Mesa de Pedra dam about the impacts of predatory fishing, also bringing into discussion fishing practices during the piracema. With a wide range of utilities on the subject of predatory fishing, the study outlined its main guiding lines of reasoning. Carried out in the riverside community of the Mesa de Pedra dam, rural area of Valença do Piauí, structured questionnaires were applied in a qualitative and quantitative manner to local fishermen. Additionally, it provided a moment of knowledge exchange through the distribution of educational pamphlets on the topic to willing fishermen participating in the research. The synthesis of ideas mentioned by the participants directs the research to interpret their perspectives concerning empirical concepts from years of fishing routine, highlighting practices, methods, and worldviews of the local residents. By the end of the research, it is evident that there is a correlation between theoretical concepts and those practiced by the residents of the Mesa de Pedra Dam locality, with the dissemination of legal and relevant information on the subject coming from competent municipal authorities, thereby linking the local population with effective academic knowledge.