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

Description of the fisheries in and around the MPA:

The main aims of “Penisola del Sinis – Isola di Maldiventre” marine
reserve are environmental protection, fisheries enhancement,
environmental education, research and sustainable development.
All fishing activities are forbidden within the Integral Reserve (zone A);
the General Reserve (zone B) and the Partial Reserve (zone C) have
the same regime of restriction: trammel nets, pots and long-lines are
allowed under the regulation of the MPA Management Board, trawling
is forbidden and sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) fishery is restricted
to skin diving. The fleet operating in the region is currently composed
of 389 boats mainly partitioned in three marinas (Oristano, Marceddì
and Su Pallosu); among the vessels potentially able to fish inside the
MPA, more than 60% are small boats normally working in more
sheltered areas outside the reserve (Gulf of Oristano and neighbouring
lagoons).

Area Gear Seasonality Target Species Bycatch Species No. of
Vessels
A - - - - -
Gill and All seasons Mullus surmuletus,
trammel Scorpaena scrofa,
B nets Sepia officinalis
Inside Pot All seasons Octopus vulgaris
Long lines All seasons Sparidae 124
Gill and All seasons Mullus surmuletus,
trammel Scorpaena scrofa,
nets Sepia officinalis
C
Pot All seasons Octopus vulgaris
Long lines All seasons Sparidae
Skin diving Nov-April Paracentrotus lividus 124
Gill and All seasons Mullus surmuletus, 300 (+ 73
trammel Scorpaena scrofa, operating in
nets Sepia officinalis adjacent
Pot All seasons Octopus vulgaris
Outside lagoons)
Long lines All seasons Sparidae
Bottom All seasons Mullus surmuletus,
trawl Merluccius merluccius, 12
Aristeus antennatus

Bibliographic references:

Murenu M., Pais A., Addis P., Farci S., Ferrari A., Olita A., Ortu A., Poma S., Mura F., Greco S. &
Cau A., 2004. Preliminary data on fish assemblages structure in three Sardinian marine
protected areas. Biol. Mar. Medit. 11 (2): 76-81.
Baroli M., De Falco G., Antonini C., Coppa S. & Facheris C., in press. Distribution and population
structure of sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the Penisola del Sinis - Isola di
Maldiventre marine protected area (Western Sardinia) finalised to fishery management.
Biol. Mar. Medit.

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