Os Sistemas de Financiamento na Pesca Artesanal: um estudo de caso no Litoral Centro-Sul Catarinense
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This paper demonstrates that artisanal/small-scale fisheries face difficulties
in accessing public credit programs, which contributes to the use of informal financing
mechanisms. The case study conducted Santa Catarina’s central-southern coast used semi-structured interviews with small-scale fishermen and middlemen, followed by discourse
analysis. The study uses concepts from economic sociology to understand the relationships
between these two groups of social actors. The results showed that the creation of a specific
credit line for fishing within the National Program for the Strengthening of Family Farming
(Pronaf, in Portuguese), a demand from the sector, has had low access among fishermen. The study reveals that formal and informal financing systems adopted by small-scale fisheries are embedded in
reciprocity relationships. The informal financing systems have been maintained even after the creation of a specific
line of government supported credit for artisanal fisheries. The provision of these financial services is associated
with fish sales, which reproduces the asymmetric power relationship between fishermen and middlemen. The official
credit is accessed by a low number of small-scale fishermen, and the use of informal credit systems unfavorable for
fishermen prevail.