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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 marine reserve was created in 1996, and requested by fishermen
themselves.
Within the integral reserve all fishing activities are forbidden except
professional tuna fisheries. The reserve is divided into internal and
external waters, which are regulated by the Region of Canarias and the
Spanish State respectively.The artisanal fleet operating in the reserve
consists of approximately 40 vessels from El Hierro. Only the artisanal
fleet operates in this zone and in the rest of the island of El Hierro. The
fishing gears and target species are diverse and the most of vessels
fish different species depending on the availability of the resource and
the season, and also fish inside or outside the reserve depending on
the weather conditions.

Area Gear Seasonality Target Species Bycatch Species No. of
Vessels
IR - - - - -
Pole-and-line May-Aug Katsuwonus pelamis Thunnus albacares
(hand 15
operated)
Hand-line, May-Oct Thunnus albacares, Katsuwonus pelamis,
Pole-and-line Seriola fasciata, Sphyraena viridensis, 8
(hand Seriola rivoliana Mycteroperca fusca,
operated) Seriola dumerili
Snorkeling All seasons Sparisoma cretense Bodianus scrofa, 10
hand line Serranus atricauda
Moray trap Mar-Oct Muraena augusti, Enchelycore anatina,
Gymnothorax Gymnothorax miliaris 4
unicolor
Purse seine Sep-Jun Oblada melanura, Kyphosus sectator,
Sarpa salpa Sphyraena viridensis,
Diplodus vulgaris,

Diplodus cervinus
cervinus,
Inside
Diplodus sargus 1
cadenati,
Diplodus puntazzo,
Lithognathus
mormyrus,
RU Trachinotus ovatus,
Boops boops
Hand line May-Dec Balistes capriscus, Boops boops
Canthidermis 6
sufflamen
Harpoon, Sep-Jun Acanthocybium
Troll line, solandri 16
Hand line
Hand-line Abr-Oct Epinephelus Seriola fasciata,
marginatus Seriola rivoliana
Seriola dumerili, 2
Sphyraena viridensis,
Muraena augusti
Pole-and-line May-Aug Katsuwonus pelamis Thunnus albacares,
Outside (hand Thunnus alalunga, 15
operated) Thunnus obesus,
Makaira nigricans
Hand-line, May-Oct Thunnus albacares, Katsuwonus pelamis,
Pole line Seriola fasciata, Mycteroperca fusca, 8
(hand Seriola rivoliana Sphyraena viridensis,
operated) Seriola dumerili
Snorkeling All seasons Sparisoma cretense Bodianus scrofa, 10
hand line Serranus atricauda

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