Economical and Production Insertion of Family Aquiculture in Brazilian Public Waters: an Analysis on Sustainable Development

Abstract

The Brazilian option for an energetic matrix based on hydro-electrical plants benefitted society in a general way. However, it also caused local social and regional impacts due to the flooding of fertile lands, population displacements, impact on fishing resources and others. Contrastingly to the above negative aspects, aquiculture in public waters, specifically in hydroelectric reservoirs, favored these populations and the family agricultural or extractive units within the context of a sustainable and organized use of the water bodies by fish production. Current documental research analyzes the potentialities of the fish production chain in Brazil aiming at sustainability, especially the insertion of the family social basis. It may be perceived that in environmental issues several countries have an institutional incapability in underscoring aquiculture adequately. The supply of provisions is characterized by firms that supply machines and production means whilst the organizational environment is basically composed by government enterprises. The sustainable development of the fish production chain requires proper planning and the deployment of consistent public policies based on the intrinsic natural diversity of the activity and of the social groups included.