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

Area Gear Seasonality Target Species Bycatch Species No. of
Vessels
Inside Pole-and- Spring/Summer tuna - 19
line
Outside Pole-and- Spring/Summer tuna - 19
line
Outside Bottom Year-round Pagellus bogaraveo, Raja spp., N/A
longline Polyprion americanus, Galeorhinus galeus,
Conger conger, Lepidopus
Phycis phycis, caudatus,
Helicolenus Mora moro
dactylopterus,
Beryx sp.,
Molva dipterygia
Outside Surface Year-round Xiphias gladius Prionace glauca, N/A
longline Caretta caretta

Bibliographic references:

Porteiro F.M. & Martins H.R., 1994. Biology of Loligo forbesi Steenstrup, 1856 (Mollusca:
Cephalopoda) in the Azores: sample composition and maturation of squid caught by
jigging. Fisheries Research 21(1-2) (Special Issue): 103-114.
Santos R.S., Hawkins S., Monteiro L.R, Alves M. & Isidro E.J., 1995. Marine research, resources,
and conservation in the Azores. Aquatic Conservation – Marine and Freshwater
Ecosystems 5 (4): 311-354.
Sousa F., Isidro E. & Erzini K., 1999. Semi-pelagic longline selectivity for two demersal species
from the Azores: the black spot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo) and the bluemouth
rockfish (Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus). Fisheries Research 41: 25-35.
Avila S.P., Fontes J., Tempera F. & Cardigos F., 2000. Additions to the marine molluscs of the
Formigas Islets, Azores. Acoreana 9 (2): 175-178.
Morato T., Guenette S. & Pitcher T.J., 2001. Fisheries of the Azores (Portugal), 1982-1999.
Fisheries impacts on North Atlantic ecosystems: catch, effort and national/regional data
sets. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9 (3): 214-220.
Pinho M.R., Gonçalves J.M. & Martins H.R., 2001. Biology and abundance of Cancer bellianus
(Decapoda, Brachyura) around the Azores. ICES Journal of Marine Science 58 (4): 896-
903.
Carreira G.P., Gonçalves J.M. & Nash R.D.M., 2002. Exploitation of octopus in the Azores (NE
Atlantic): current status and experimental fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science,71 (2):
1116.
Morato T., Solà E., Grós M.P. & Menezes G., 2003. Diets of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and tope
shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, north-eastern
Atlantic. Fishery Bulletin 101 (3): 509-602.

Statistics:

Landings of the most important species (by weight) from the region for
2004

Not available

Fishing regulations:

- National legislation:
Law Decree nº. 7/2000, May 30th
Ordinance 1102-C/2000, November 22nd
Law Decree nº. 278/98, July 7th
Law Decree nº. 383/98, November 27th

- Regional legislation:
Regional Law Decree nº. 26/2003/A, May 27th

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