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....
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2018-12-01
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Series: | Scientia Marina |
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Online Access: | http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1774 |
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