The fishing and aquaculture sector in Brazil has great potential for development due to its
characteristics. An extensive coastline and large existing river basins provide both marine and
continental extractive fishing. On the other hand, the existence of fresh water and abundant land,
relatively cheap labor encourage aquaculture. Add to this a growing consumer market. The main
objective of this work is to analyze the public policy of granting rural credit to finance fishing
and aquaculture activities in Brazil, from 2013 to January 2018.It also seeks to analyze in a more
specific way the concession of rural credit to the North region and its impact on the increase of
production. From this perspective, it is assumed that rural credit as an instrument of public policy
aimed at socially and economically strengthening fishermen and fish farmers, with the aim of
promoting the development of the rural environment, with actions aimed at increasing the
productive capacity of fishing and aquaculture. For the purpose of this work, the data
concentrated in the Central Bank of Brazil, based on the Rural Credit Operations System and
PROAGRO (SICOR), was used as the information base, which is the system that registers all
rural credit operations and the frameworks in the Program of Guarantee of the Agricultural
Activity (PROAGRO), in accordance with the Rural Credit Manual (MCR) rules. The research
shows that access to rural credit in the aquaculture production chain has a direct impact on the
increase in fish production in the period, especially when it is considered that 69.38% of the
financial resources were invested in the costing activity, this concentration stems from the
demand for inputs such as fingerlings and feed that are essential for aquaculture activity that
directly impacts the productive cycle. However, the gap in the statistical data of the fishing
productive chain makes the analysis of the impact of access to rural credit on fishing production
in Brazil very fragile, however, it is assumed that, given the value obtained by granting rural
credit to the fishing sector that has increased production
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