In Araça Bay, the fact that 88% of respondents use the site for the
practice of traditional fishing and clam harvesting as a subsistence
activity evidences the importance of the Bay for the food security of
these families and their lifestyle. This may have contributed to the
predominance of speeches that highlights the taxonomic richness
and biodiversity of the area. Thiswas observed in all the interviews,
as well as for the affective values attributed to the region, observed
mainly in the speeches of those who lived in Araça during their
childhood. Such dependence on the resources and environmental
services of the Bay, for they own consumption or as a complement
to family income, can also be considered an indication of the strong
socio-cultural and economic link between these people and the
local marine environment (Abecasis et al., 2013).