São Francisco caminho geral do sertão : cenários de vida e trabalho de pescadores tradicionais em Pirapora e Buritizeiro norte de Minas Gerais

Abstract

This research starts from the challenge of describing and analyzing the way of life and work of groups and communities of traditional fishermen in the towns of Pirapora and Buritizeiro on the margins of São Francisco river in the north of Minas Gerais. The paths traveled for the elaboration and systematization of this research had as a general objective to study the means of life and work of traditional fishermen communities in Pirapora and Buritizeiro municipalities, north of Minas Gerais to describe their perceptions about current work conditions of the fishermen as well as permanence factors and modification of primary fishing activities on São Francisco river. To attend the proposed objectives, the methodology adopted was based on a researcher/researched interaction using as field instruments and techniques, primary and secondary data with basis on government fishing regulating bodies, data bank created from the home statistic census performed by UFSCar and free directional interviews. Direct observation in the field gave density to the interviews and made the process easier to solve the questions set in the research.