The reserve is suffering from growing human pressure leading to dwindling stocks of resources.

[4] The Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve was created by decree on 20 May 2005 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.

Its basic objectives are to protect the livelihoods and culture of these people and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.

The project operates in four marine extractive reserves in the municipalities of Tracuateua, Bragança, Viseu and Augusto Corrêa in the Salgado region of the state of Pará.

[8] Issues include a growing population of users and outsiders, leading to reduction of stocks of fish and shellfish, dependence on middlemen for marketing and loose animals in the reserve.