Acronym MyGears
Category
Fisheries
Title Technical specifications of Mediterranean trawls gears Programme DG MARE
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Antonello Sala Coordinator email antonello.sala@cnr.it
Coordinator institution
CNR-ISMAR - National Research Council; Institute of Marine Sciences (Italy)
Institutions involved
COISPA - COISPA Technology and Research (Italy) ,
CIBM - Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata (Italy) ,
NA - National Research Council - Institute of Marine Engineering (Italy) ,
NA - SIMRAD (France) ,
SUMASPE - Supplies and Advice Pesqueros SL in Castellón (Spain) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 76,000 Website https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonello-Sala/publication/332341839_Final_project_report_Technical_specifications_of_Mediterranean_trawl_gears_myGears/links/5cae95f7a6fdcc1d498c0fc1/Final-project-report-Technical-specifications-of-Mediterranean-trawl-gears-myGears.pdf Summary Council Regulation (EC) Nr. 1967/2006, concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean, establishes that technical specifications limiting the maximum dimensions of headline, footrope, circumference or perimeter of trawl nets along with the maximum number of nets in multi-rig trawl nets shall have been adopted in accordance with regulatory procedure. Establishing the maximum dimension and number of fishing gears per vessel represents a way to control and limit the fishing effort. Technical specifications, including attachments to and rigging, of trawl gears used in different Mediterranean fisheries (benthic, demersal and pelagic) with attention, in particular, to the maximum and minimum dimensions of headline, footrope, circumference or perimeter at various levels of the net (e.g. codend sensu-stricto, extension piece, baitings, square, belly, mouth) and of otterboards along with the maximum/minimum number of nets in multi-rig trawl nets have been investigated.
The goal of the project is to have updated information on the characteristics of trawl nets used in different Mediterranean fisheries, with a view to possibly establish maximum dimensions and adequate rigging for trawl fishing gears. All these elements will contribute to improve the selectivity, to limit the fishing effort and to minimize the environmental impact of fishing gears. In addition, such information can be useful to evaluate the potential harvesting pattern of different gears in terms of explored area during fishing operations and thus contributing to underpin specific management measures of fishing capacity. Empirical relationships among different parts of the fishing trawl gears, including different type of likely attachments, as well as between some of these parts and the otterboard size and the engine power of the vessel shall be reported. The study must be carried out on the basis of the information collected and/or measured in relevant Mediterranean fishing fleets with the collaboration both of the fishing sectors and of the control/inspection bodies. Information must also be independently collected through the fishing-nets makers, door manufacturers and when possible fishermen. Literature information as well as results from research projects and studies, funded either with national or/and EU support, must be used in view of establishing synergies among different scientific domains while avoiding duplications.
Keywords
Gear selectivity;
Fishing technology;
Trawling;
Marine Region
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
3
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