Women in artisanal fishing, three nautical miles, Cabo Gracias a Dios

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to make women aware of the capture, collection and commercialization of maritime products, through artisanal fishing in the three nautical miles, in the Kip community, North Coast, Tawira indigenous territory, Waspam municipality, Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. In this community, eight women, mostly single mothers, heads of families with low levels of schooling, are in the fishing activity, two of them in the gathering and have their own means (panga, cayuco, sailboat, thermos, motor outboard of 45 and 70 hp), six own fishing gear and market within the community and lack the gathering means. The qualitative approach was descriptive, which allows the majority of the data to be specified through the narrative of the actors themselves and their behaviors, in this case women who work in the fishing activity. The unit of analysis was eight women who in the community have ventured into artisanal fishing at 3 nautical miles in the Kip community, Cabo Gracias a Dios, Litoral Norte.