I visited the Ceasa market in São Paulo recently and was struck by the variety of fish and seafood on display. There were all kinds of species, some familiar, like tuna and swordfish, others with strange Indian names - tainha, tucunaré, pacu, pirarucu and curimbatá, along with shrimps, octopus, eels, crabs and squid.
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HI John. The fish called here in Brazil are actually Mullet from the Bay of Mullet on the west coast of Ireland, Don't know how they migrated to the south atlantic. Cheers Mate
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BLAME IBAMA FOR LETTING FISHING GET OUT OF HAND written by Forrest Allen Brown,
June 22, 2009
go to fortalaza on any beach bar or resturant you can buy all the under size lobster you want , but yet the law in brasil is the same as most countries the carpis must be 3" to keep , thoes that are picked up by fisherman should be set free but are not they are eaten or sold on the black market , while brasilian police , and ibama walk by and see the killing off of a fish stock . just like in the major rivers most fish are no longer huge just big enough to sell , even with the taging of fish sold the tags are just moved from fish to fish .
instance self gradufaction , just like the killing of the trees and the sale of birds and small animals
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Inefficient work processes written by Jakob,
June 23, 2009
The process was painfully slow and must have been exhausting for the men in the water who were struggling with the heavy net and being battered by the waves. It took more than an hour for the net to be finally dragged in.
This is because all work processes in Brazil are more complicated than in any other country in the world, with a poorer/scarcer set of available tools and methodologies.
1) Brazilians, probably due to Portuguese influence, have a very poor set of tools for any given task. While for example Europeans use some 100 specialized tools, instruments and trappings when building a house, Brazilians use some 10 . The same in the given fishing example.
2) Brazilians are absolute anti-talents for long-term planning, and fishing entails significant amounts of planning. A typical Brazilian jumps into a situation, without any serious forethought (which is BTW the cause of so many problems in Brazil). For an European, it's easy to calculate that if I invest 10k in new tools (e.g. a new fishing net), I will recoup the investment in only 6 months. For a typical Brazilian fisherman, this is black magic and he will continue using his neanderthal techniques.
3) Fishing and diet based on fish is irrelevant in Brazil, in spite of strong Portuguese/Azorean influence. Brazil is a country of churrasco, picanha and bife.
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Oil Is Not Brazil's Only Offshore Asset ! written by ch.c.,
June 26, 2009
SO TRUE !!!!!
Brazil also has 4 millions or so of illegals emigrants in developed foreign countries ! Why dont they move up to China where the economy is booming ? Are these 4 millions Brazilians enjoying work that most dont have or laziness and petty thefts as they were so accustomed while in Brazil ?
Eventually Robbing Hook should order them to go back home where as per his own words...Brazil has the best economic outlook on earth ! And this despite Brazil had and still has the lowest economic growth rate in the BRIC club ! Or why not order to these 4 millions expats to go to India or Russia ? No doubt they will be allowed to find a good job there, paid about US$ 200.- per month...but only if they are highly skilled ! Otherwise wages for illegals will be US$ 50.- at best !
I visited the Ceasa market in São Paulo recently and was struck by the variety of fish and seafood on display. There were all kinds of species, some familiar, like tuna and swordfish, others with strange Indian names - tainha, tucunaré, pacu, pirarucu and curimbatá, along with shrimps, octopus, eels, crabs and squid. 
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