Povos das águas
Subtitle: realidade e perspectivas na Amazônia
By: organizadores, Lourdes G. Furtado, Wilma Leitão e Alex Fiuza de Mello.
Contributors: Furtado, Lourdes Gonçalves.; Leitão, Wilma.; Mello, Alex Fiuza de.
Series: Coleção Eduardo Galvão
Publisher: PR/MCT/CNPq, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Belém, Pará
Language: por
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Fishers -- Amazon River.; Fishers -- Amazon River -- Social life and customs.; Fishing -- Amazon River.
Description: "Thirteen authors consider fishing as a viable economic activity. Examines changes in fishing societies, ecological impact, legislation and government policy, social movements, and possible establishment of fishing reserves - especially for the state of Pará. See HLAS 55:2673 for annotation of a chapter in this work discussing traditional practices and their importance as viable ecological and economic models for sustainability"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Abstracts in English.