120 km southeast of Fortaleza, along route CE-040 you will find this little fishing community, with calm beaches from November to June and strong seas and winds from July to October. Here traditional fishers capture a variety of fishes and lobsters, such as spiny rock lobster - red lobster (panulirus argus), green lobster (panulirus laevicauda) along with king mackerel, spanish mackerel, snappers, halfbeak, tunny, stingray, sailfish, tarpon, snook and jewfish with traditional fishing methods .
First settlers began to live here around 1850 looking to survive from fishing with the first dwellings located to the west of the present settlement.
The first documented  event goes back to 1928 with the historical "Raid" of the Jangada 7th. of September,  an adventurous 15 day voyage on a fragile sailraft to the port of  Belem at the mouth of the mighty Amazon River.
In 1974 the families fled from torrential rainfalls which led the garden lagoon to break from its bed and carry the fragile huts to the ocean, thus originating the move to the present location.
In 1979 a sleazy speculator entered the scene and put an end to the peaceful way of life, giving way to the  fight for land which goes on until today.
As a direct consequence the Association of  Village Residents was founded in 1989 with the help of the Centre of Defense and Promotion of Human Rights which Cardinal Aloisio Lohscheider had created to assist poor communities in their land conflicts.
In 1993 the famous protest trip of the sailraft S.O.S. Sobrevivência from Prainha do Canto Verde to Rio de Janeiro captured the imagination of the national and international press. During 76 days four fishermen and two young ladies faced the seas and the roads of coastal Brazil.
As a results the Fishermens Forum against Predatory Fishing came to life in Prainha do Canto Verde in 1995.
 
 

Community Association President: José Alberto de Lima Ribeiro

Community Councils: Education: Marlene Fernandes Health: Maria Mirtes Tourism: João Fernandes Fishing and land: José Alberto

Contact: Associação dos Moradores de Prainha do Canto Verde
Caixa Postal 52722, 60151-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
Fone: 05588 413 1164, Fax 05588 413 1426
e-mail: fishnet@fortalnet.com.br

THE AMIGOS DE PRAINHA DO CANTO VERDE

A group of friends of Sr. René who have supported the project in Prainha do Canto Verde and some of the projects of the Instituto Terramar too.

Coordination: René Schärer
Contact: Amigos de Prainha do Canto Verde
Caixa Postal 52722, 60151-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
Fone: 05588 413 1426, Fax 05588 413 1426
e-mail: fishnet@fortalnet.com.br