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OVERVIEW OF OCCUPATIONS IN COASTAL

METROPOLITAN REGIONS (MR) ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MARINE AND COASTAL ECONOMY

Andreia Pereira de Freitas

Taíssi Pepe de Medeiros Farias
Andréa Bento Carvalho

1. Introduction

Not making much noise, they are hardly The relevance of seafarers and coastal
seen in the press, they work daily, coura- workers is undeniable for a country like
geous, face fears, are responsible for sus- Brazil, which has an extensive coastal zone
taining a global logistics chain, or respon- composed of seventeen coastal states, to-
sible for the livelihood of the local commu- taling four hundred and forty-three munic-
nity, entrepreneurs, moved by the scientific ipalities (MMA, 2021) and, of these, two
spirit, sagacious, adventurers, navigators: hundred and eighty are facing the sea.
this would be an attempt to describe Bra- In this sense, it is necessary to expose the
zilian sea workers. concept of coastal zone for Brazil. According
According to the Compendium of Mar- to Presidential Decree 5300/2004, the Brazil-
itime Labor Instruments (3d, 2021), the ian coastal zone is considered a national her-
Maritime Labor Convention (MLC), which itage by the 1988 Constitution, correspond-
entered into force on August 20, 2013, ing to the geographic space of an interaction
was a developmental milestone for the among air, sea, and land, including their re-
world’s most globalized industry, the mar- sources, renewable or not. It encompasses a
itime sector. The Compedium recognizes marine strip - understood as the space that
the challenges of living, working, and con- extends for twelve nautical miles measured
ducting business at sea. Since 1920, the from the baselines , established in accor-
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International Labor Organization (ILO) has dance with the United Nations Convention
adopted 72 conventions/recommendations on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) - compris-
related to maritime work. ing the entirety of the territorial sea and a
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