Produção e Comercialização de pescado no município de Laranjeiras do Sul, PR

Abstract

The production of aquatic organisms has been increasingly prominent due to the demand for fish and the limited natural stocks tending to exhaustion. Among the various obstacles that exist for the activity to reach the objectives and bring income to the producer is the commercialization. In the municipality of Laranjeiras do Sul-PR, this aspect is aggravated because the sources of data and information of production and commercialization are mismatched. In this sense, the objective of this work was to diagnose the production and commercialization of the fish in Laranjeiras do Sul - PR, in order to generate information to subsidize the policies of expansion of the local fish farming. It was visited initially 74 possible points of commercialization, and monthly for eight months those establishments that commercialize the fish in its different forms. Mapping marketing channels showed that, except for fish traded at the fish fair and sport fishing, all the rest marketed in supermarkets or markets, restaurants or bars, fish shops, or through intermediaries comes from other municipalities, states and even countries. Twenty five suppliers were identified. It was also observed that in all the center-south region of Paraná there are no fish slaughterhouses, making this also an obstacle to increase the production, commercialization and consumption of the fish. We identified 32 commercialized species with 30 in the markets, 16 in the restaurants and only 10 in the sport fishing. The most traded species in all types of establishments is tilapia (34 tons), representing more than 75% of all fish traded in the municipality during the analyzed period, and with average fillet price of R$ 33.97 kg-1. The information obtained demonstrates the need for greater dissemination, expansion of marketing channels and public policies to foster activity in the municipality and region.