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Catch composition of selected trammel nets and gillnets in the eastern Adriatic Sea

Small-scale fisheries make up an important part of the Croatian fishing fleet. Characteristics of such fisheries are numerous multi-purpose boats with various fishing gears, multi-species catch composition and numerous landing sites. Through Data Collection Framework (DCF) data collection of small-scale fisheries is carried out in Croatian waters. In this study we present catch composition of major small-scale fishing gears (4 trammel nets: poponica, listarica, salpara, sipara ; 3 gillnets: prostica, psara, polandara) in terms of species richness and biomass in the period from 2013 to 2021. The most diversified catches of trammel nets were from poponica (108 species) and of gillnets from prostica (95 species). The most represented species in catch biomass for trammel nets were: poponica - Sepia officinalis (20, 78 %) and Sparus aurata (15, 24 %) ; listarica - Solea solea (80, 55 %) ; salpara - Sparus aurata (41, 63 %), Euthynnus alletteratus (13, 65 %) and Sarda sarda (10, 21 %) ; sipara - Sepia officinalis (69, 95 %). The most represented species in catch biomass for gillnets were: prostica - Merluccius merluccius (62, 86 %) ; psara - Mustelus mustelus (36, 30 %) and Mustelus punctulatus (14, 61 %) ; polandara - Sparus aurata (46, 30 %) and Sarda sarda (13, 20 %).

fisheries ; artisanal ; trammel nets ; gillnets

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