fisherman
José Valdir
14,903.00
kg of marine litter recovered in total
529.00
Catches
Biography
José Valdir, known as Seu Zé da Lagoa, is a 56-year-old husband and father of six. Born in Pernambuco, in Northeast Brazil, he has lived in Rio de Janeiro for 36 years. After years of working in sugarcane mills across the country, he found a new purpose in protecting the environment. For the past two decades, Seu Zé has worked as a “waste fisherman” in the Jacarepaguá lagoon system in Rio’s West Zone, collecting and removing waste from the water and mangroves.
His catches
27.30kg
43.20kg
27.20kg
36.70kg
32.80kg
25.10kg
30.30kg
64.50kg
34.00kg
38.00kg
20.20kg
41.90kg
27.90kg
22.90kg
65.60kg
22.40kg
32.40kg
46.20kg
23.90kg
27.20kg