Acre has more than 21 thousand registered artisanal fishermen and occupies 5th position in the Legal Amazon Reproduction/Rede Amazônica Acre Acre has 21,343 professional artisanal fishermen and fisherwomen registered in the General Register of Fishing Activity (RGP), according to data released by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) this Monday (13). The number also places the state in 5th position among the nine states in the Legal Amazon, ahead of Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp The information is part of the RGP Unified Panel, a public federal government system that brings together data on professional artisanal and industrial fishermen, vessels, shipowners, fishing companies and aquaculturists. More than 100 fishermen from Alto Acre have difficulty obtaining benefits. Furthermore, in total, the Legal Amazon has 1,016,237 registered artisanal fishermen and fisherwomen. Of this total, Acre represents around 2.1% of registrations. The state appears behind Pará (432,353), Maranhão (337,044), Amazonas (147,295) and Amapá (28,757). Next come Mato Grosso (17,909), Rondônia (12,195), Roraima (9,888) and Tocantins (9,453). (See table below) The numbers also show a strong concentration of registrations in three states. Together, Pará, Maranhão and Amazonas bring together 916,692 artisanal fishermen, equivalent to around 90% of all records in the Legal Amazon. The remaining six states, including Acre, account for approximately the remaining 10%. READ MORE: Acre has more than 10,300 professional fishermen and 48.4% are women Peixes da Amazônia S.A. is sold for more than R$13 million in AC; group intends to reactivate complex Cargo of 4,000 ornamental fish is seized on the AC border with Peru Despite occupying fifth position in the regional ranking, Acre has a higher number of artisanal fishermen than four states in the Legal Amazon and records almost double the number of registrations in Rondônia and more than double those registered in Roraima and Tocantins. In a survey released by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2023, Acre had more than 10,300 active professional fishermen, considering workers duly licensed. At the time, 48.4% of the registrations were from women, with 4,999 fisherwomen, while men represented around 5,300 professionals. VIDEOS: g1