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EMPAFISH Booklet nº 2 Fishery regimes in Atlanto-Mediterranean European MPAs

MPA: Tabarca

Location: 38°10’N 00°28’W
Country: Spain
Coastal/Island: Island
Total size: 1,400 ha
Integral size: 120 ha
Year of establishment: 1986
Depth range: 0 – 50m
Protection objectives: Fisheries enhancement
Type of MPA: Multiple uses
Habitats: Posidonia oceanica beds and rocky reefs
Socio-economic activities: Diving, tourism and fishing

Activities Core Buffer Buffer Restricted Restricted
I IIa IIb IIIa IIIb
Forbidden Angling, Angling, Angling, Angling, Spear
Spear Spear Spear Spear fishing
fishing, fishing, fishing, fishing,
Scuba swimming, swimming, anchoring
diving, anchoring anchoring
swimming,
anchoring
Restricted Scientific Fishing Fishing Fishing Fishing
research
Allowed Boating Scuba Scuba Scuba Angling,
diving, diving, diving, Scuba
Scientific Scientific swimming, diving,
research, research, Scientific swimming,
boating boating research, anchoring,
boating Scientific
research,
boating

Description of the fisheries in and around the MPA:

The marine reserve was created to protect biodiversity and allow the
regeneration of local fisheries around the protected area. Within the
integral reserve all fishing activities are forbidden. The restricted use
area is divided into internal and external waters, which are regulated
by the regional government of Valencia and the Spanish State
respectively.
The fleet is artisanal and the main fishing area is located at the eastern
external part of the MPA. The different fishing gears differ according to
the year period and the target species, being the more used trammel
net for mullets and cuttlefish, demersal long-lines and traw-lines. In
the buffer and regulated zones big and small trap nets are allowed.
Moreover, an intense recreational fishery is developed around the MPA,

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