Estudo sobre comércio informal do pescado comercializado nos mercados da Praia Nova e Maquinino - cidade da Beira-província de Sofala

Abstract

A study was conducted on Informal Trade of Fish Marketed in the markets of Praia Nova located at Latitude 19 ° 50'42.61 ° South Longitude 34 ° 50'18.85 ° East and Mercado Maquinino (latitude 19 ° 49'46.50 ° South longitude 34 ° 50 ' 27.11 ° East, Beira City, Sofala Province, in a period of one week from January 4 to 11, 2017. The objective of the study was to characterize the informal fish trade, marketed from Praia Nova and Mercado Maquinino Fisheries, fish products and quantities of fish marketed, fishery centers, main centers of sale and distribution of fish, fishery products and fishery products were investigated in semi-structured surveys. the main trade routes for fish, socio - economic structure of the retailers, segregated in gender, policies and arrangements for financial support to resellers. 50 fishermen, resellers and buyers of fish. The results indicate that the informal trade activity is carried out mainly by men, young people aged 15-29 years, single, with a medium level of schooling. The results also indicated that these young people opted to pursue this activity because they did not find employment in the formal sector due to a lack of professional technical training in the increasingly competitive employment market. Most commercialized species are Hilsa kelee, Acetes erythraeus and Oreochromis mossambicus, marketed dry. The fishery products of Oreochromis mossambicus come from Tete, while the rest are from the coastal sea area of Marromeu, Machanga Nhangau, Buzi. The main sea food destinations of the City of the border are the local market, and Provinces of Manica, Tete, Zambézia and Nampula; essentially carried by lorries. The main source of family income for informal fish sellers comes from the sale of fish and the main source of funding is xitique where most of it is made among local traders. The main constraints to the trade activity identified by informal fish traders were: Lack of appropriate market with refrigeration to store fresh fish and store to store dry fish and Lack of transport. Having identified the following solutions for mitigation, create appropriate refrigeration and storage conditions in the markets and support for the availability of more transportation to facilitate displacement.