The large-scale landings of pargo (Lutjanidae spp.) on Caeté estuary main ports from june/00
to june/01 was characterized in this study. Data were collected with a questionnaires applied
to fishermen in Bragança region. The data were treated statistically by parametric or nonparametric
analysis of variance, depending of the assumptions of normality and
homoscedasticity. Plots of production were constructed to distinguish the spatial and temporal
catches at the Brasil north coast. 47 fishery boats were recorded operating in large-scale pargo
capture, with 39 medium-sized and 8 industrial fishery boats. In the cities of Bacuriteua and
Bragança there were a total of 143 landings. 65.03% occurred in Bacuriteua, possibly to be
located closest to mouth of the estuary, reducing costs and time to return to the fisherie
activity. 63.83% of the boats has their origin from Ceará Estate, medium-sized boats mainly,
with 63% came from Camocin (CE), confirming the migration of fishery fleet to north of
Brazil, searching more promising resources. During this study, a total production of 520,219t
of pargo was landed, especially for medium-sized boats, responsible for 65.73% of total. The
capture was made by “caicos” and “bicycles” fishery gears, the latter being responsible for
89.90% of total production. The luse of the “Caicos” was associated with low quality of the
fish caught with this gears. Most of the production was captured at the coast of Amapá Estate
because the fishery effort tends to concentrate in areas where the density is higher. Beside
that, the North Brazil Current, carries the discharge of Amazon River to the coast of this state.
The mainly catches was made at Coast of Amapá at both dry and rain seasons, with only some
isolated places at Pará State coast. The CPUE index analysis showed no significant
differences between months, indicating that this feature occurs throughout the year, with
differential peak catches in June. A increase in production from May to August coincides with
the period which the pargo schools are located near from surface. The lower production
corresponded to January and April, when the schools are in areas deeper causing longer
fishery traveling and thus a smaller number of landings. When the fishery boats return from
fisheries, peaks of high production can be noted in February, March and May. It was
estimated in this study that the pargo production was responsible for R$ 2,090,299.50, which
demonstrates the high profitability of large-scale fisheries of this resource for region. Catches
taken on coast of Amapá were responsible for 94.32% of total income. The average market
value of the pargo at first sale was R$ 4.02, showed no major changes over the period.
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