Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 8.4
The major forms of employment on Quirimba, average time worked, salaries and location of the work
Employment
Hours
Worked
Days
Worked per
Month
Daily Salary
Meticais
Daily Salary
US$
Annual
Salary
Meticais
Annual Salary
US$
Location
Trap i sher
4 hours
22-24
15 000-40 000
1.25-3.33
4-10 million
333-833
Montepuez Bay
Net i sher
5 hours
18-20
10 000
0.83
2 160 000
180
Montepuez Bay
Net i shing captain
5 hours
18-20
14 000
1.17
3 024 000
252
Montepuez Bay
Net i shing boat
owner
Various
Various
111 000
9.25
23 976 000
1998
Montepuez Bay
Work in
machamba
(mainly
subsistence)
Various
- seasonal
Various - could
be whole day
Food
Machambas
(Kumilamba)
Worker in coconut
plantation
8 hours
6 days a week
10 000
0.83
3 138 600
262
Plantation
Fish processor
1-2 hours
18-20 (same as net
i shers)
4000
0.33
864 000
72
Quiwandala
Intertidal
invertebrate
collector
3 hours
6-8 days around
spring tides
20 000 +
1.67
1 680 000
140
Santa Maria, Saja, etc
Making bread
Various
18-20 (same as net
i shers)
Fish
Quiwandala
and cakes to barter
for i sh
Trader
Various
Various
Various
Quirimba, Pemba,
Tanzania
