“…Due to low remuneration, which ranges from 1 to 2 minimum wages for most interviewees, other work activities were reported to help increase their income. Other studies in the municipality of Raposa have already emphasized that both fishermen (SANTOS et al, 2011) and shellfish gatherers (MONTELES el al., 2009) LIMA et al, 2012;SOUSA et al, 2014;CANAFISTULA et al, 2021), in Pará (CARNEIRO, 2020JARDIM, 2019;VAZ et al, 2017;BORCEM et al, 2011;SANTOS, 2005;FINCO et al, 2003); Santa Catarina (CAPELLESSO; CAZELLA, 2011) and; São Paulo (RAMIRES et al, 2012;MENDONÇA, 2015), as alternative measures to maintain the household's livelihood. This reality demonstrates that the difficulties encountered in fishing, which exposes neglect, lead to the devaluation of this profession in many fishing communities in Brazil.…”