Production and Trade of Cambira Fish in Brazil

Abstract

Fish is considered a relevant food since its inception, especially because it has high nutritional value, being rich in proteins and several nutrients such as calcium, potassium, selenium, iron, iodine, vitamins A, D and B complex, besides having considerable amount of omega-3. Fishing activity is the source of income and financial support for thousands of families in several countries. The United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (Fao, 2010) estimates that the world population employed in the fishing activity is close to 36 million people, from this, 15 million are engaged in fishing as an exclusive activity, 13 million as a complementary activity and 8 million on an occasional basis (Cgee, 2007). In Paraná Coast the sea fishing is performed in the coast and bays of the Atlantic Ocean in the cities of Guaraqueçaba, Matinhos, Paranaguá, Guaratuba and Pontal do Paraná. Fishing in this region has great socioeconomic importance, being the base of income generation of approximately 5.7 thousand fishermen (Kowalski, 2018). There are in Paraná Coast, according to Pinheiro et al. (2010), about 60 rural or urban fishing villages, in the interior of the bay and on the oceanic fronts, and some of them are small villages that exclusively live from the fishing activity and are accessible only by water.

Long-Term Perspective on Fishing and Mammal Defaunation in the Atlantic Forest Coast of Brazil Using Archaeological Faunal Remains

“…It is possible that the species was not consumed by local residents, as observed among some contemporary communities in southern Brazil (Hanazaki & Begossi, 2003). Alternatively, processing methods involving salting and drying (locally known as cambira , (Alves, 2003; Anacleto et al, 2019)) may have prevented the survival of diagnostic bone remains in the archaeological record. Cambira involves a longitudinal incision along the dorsal region of the individual, and the removal of the head, prior to salting and drying.…”