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The combincd rrammcl-gill nct. locally cnlled ''Bardassuni... is uscd mo,tly 111
~imo and catchcs both bottom ancl pclagic fishcs. On a'cragc it is nbout
150-300 m long and is con;totuted by :o goll nel in thc uppcr pari (height 15m)
and a trammel nct on the lowcr pari bclow (hcight 2-J rn). The maon specie~
caught \\Cre Boops l>onp.ç, Scomber spp.. Oh/odo ml'lanmu
Thc monofilamcnt gollnct: ot is madc up of onc transparent wall of ncttong

whosc nnd has a lcngth of l 000- 1200. fhe target spccics are Spicoro mae11a
and 5iuccwo smaris during thc spawning aggregation in thc shallow eoast.
The bonom longlinc: it con>ists of a main li ne. long avcragc from 800 to 2000

m supportong a varinblc numbcr of hooks (400-800). Thc main targct sp<!cics
are Spandac.
Thc lost of spccics caught by arlisanal fishcrmcn include. 62 ta~a. of "hoch 90%

s•.•are fishcs. are dccapod crustaccans and 5°·o are ccphalopod•.

Thc most frcqucnt catches. by trammel nct, combtncd trammcl-goll nct nnd mono-

lilament gillnct considcrcd togcthcr are resultcd Scorpaeno spp. ( 15"o}. Sepio n.f/ì·
cina/is (8%), Boops boops (6.2%). On thc eontrary. the most frcqucnt catchcs by

bonom longline are Dipladu; >PP· (26%), Oopla<ht\ rulgoris ( 13°"o). Pogmç pagrus
(12%). Pogdh" acom<' (11°o) (Tab. 1).

The analysos of data has allowcd to givc a prchminary dcscripuon of thc flce1
structure and of thc capturcd spccics and theor frcqucncy in thc catchcs. Thc catch
composition is charactcriscd by a fcw dominanl spccics cspccially per trammcl nel.
combined tmmmcl-gill nct and monofi laonent gi llnct: whilc thc bottom longlinc shows
an high dominancc of Sparidae fumily.

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