Commercial catches and discards of a Mediterranean small-scale cuttlefish fishery: implications of the new EU discard policy

Commercial catches and discards of a Mediterranean small-scale cuttlefish fishery: implications of the new EU discard policy

The cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) trammel net fishery is one of the most important small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea. Here we describe the main catch, by-catch and discard patterns found in this fishery on Mallorca Island by onboard surveys of 1005 netting walls from 23 fishing trips....

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Main Authors: Maria del Mar Gil, Gaetano Catanese, Miquel Palmer, Hilmar Hinz, Elena Pastor, Antoni Mira, Amalia Grau, Elka Koleva, Antoni Maria Grau, Beatriz Morales-Nin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2018-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
small-scale fishery
trammel net
cuttlefish
discards
survival
mallorca
western mediterranean
fishers’ perception
landing obligation
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1774

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