Agência Brasil*
Rio de Janeiro – Fishermen in the Marcílio Dias community, in Rio de Janeiro, who live off fishing in Guanabara Bay, get a new cooperative today (9). The investment, R$ 1.8 million (equivalent to US$ 855,000 at current exchange rates), was made by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras.
The former cooperative was completely redone and expanded with the creation of the Project for Sustainable Development of Marcílio Dias Community. This is the first project of the kind implemented in southeastern Brazil.
The volume of fishery products currently caught by the community is 240 tonnes a month, which may be processed for the production of canned food and other products, like hamburgers and pies. Around 150 families of fishermen should be directly benefited by the initiative.
*Translated by Mark Ament