Análise da cadeia de comercialização do pescado no subsector da pesca artesanal: caso do Município de Vilankulo no período 2014-2015

Abstract

The present study aims at analysing the marketing chain of fish from the artisanal from the artisanal fishing subsector in the municipality of Vilankulo in the period between 2014 e 2015. Taking into account the complexity of the population under study, two types of sampling were used types of sampling: simple probabilistic (fishermen) and purposive (retailers), 72 stakeholders in the marketing chain distributed by the Mucoque, Varimba Mucoque, Varimba, Tauros, Dece, Samara, P. Bento, Municipal and central markets, of which 92.8% were of which 92.8% were retailers and the remainder fishermen. The data collection was carried out in two phases. The first consisted of a bibliographical survey and the second of fieldwork. fieldwork. During the fieldwork for data collection we applied the interview and simple observation. simple observation was applied. For data analysis the indicators, gender, age, price of fish, marketing margin, costs, revenue, profitability and rentabilidade. Out of 72 respondents 85.6% are women and 14.4% are men. A commercialisation is done through three channels: the zero level channel, the one level channel and the two-tier channel, the most used being the single-tier channel. During the period under period, an average of 397,507.5kg of fish was commercialized in the Municipality at an average price of 108,2 Mts/kg, in terms of sales volume, the Municipal market registered highest volume with 156,897.0kg, the point of sale opposite the supermarket Taurus, was the one which registered the lowest sales volume having commercialized an average of 19,041.8kg. The average total revenue was 2,667,161.3Mts for fishermen and 51,663,251Mts for retailers. retailers. The benefit/cost reduced from one year to the other in the order of 0.29, however it continued to outweigh the marketing costs, the gains obtained from obtained in the commercialization of fish, contributed to the purchase of durable and consumer goods. de consumo. The commercialisation of fish is strengthened by the existence of a local market local market capable of absorbing all the fish from artisanal fisheries, the reduction in purchasing power and reduction in purchasing power and consumption during the closed season is the main threat. The economic variables showed that the marketing of fish is profitable in Vilankulo Vilankulo municipality with an average profitability for the two years of 106,3%.