gears (period 2002–2017). Secondly, the most used are mechanized dredges (13.6%)
and those with the least activity are pots and traps (12.3%).
The fishing ports with the greatest activity are those of Estepona, Caleta de Velez,
Almeria, and La Linea de la Concepcion. The importance of the different gears used
by the fleet varies between ports, faithfully reflecting the adaptation to the characteristics of the nearby exploited fishing grounds. In Algeciras, the artisanal fleet fish
only with gillnets or lines, being remarkable the one carried out with “voracera”
targeting blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) or the one targeting various
species of fish and cephalopods in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar (Lozano
2011). From La Linea de la Concepcion to Caleta de Velez, the activity is widely
distributed among mechanized dredges, pots and traps, gillnets, trammel nets, and
bottom longlines. From Motril to the eastern end of the area, gear targeting cephalopods and fish are the most used (Fig. 14.10).
Fig. 14.9 Proportion of
taxonomic groups (fish,
crustaceans, and molluscs)
caught by different fishing
gears used by the artisanal
fleet in the northern
Alboran Sea
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and those with the least activity are pots and traps (12.3%).
The fishing ports with the greatest activity are those of Estepona, Caleta de Velez,
Almeria, and La Linea de la Concepcion. The importance of the different gears used
by the fleet varies between ports, faithfully reflecting the adaptation to the characteristics of the nearby exploited fishing grounds. In Algeciras, the artisanal fleet fish
only with gillnets or lines, being remarkable the one carried out with “voracera”
targeting blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) or the one targeting various
species of fish and cephalopods in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar (Lozano
2011). From La Linea de la Concepcion to Caleta de Velez, the activity is widely
distributed among mechanized dredges, pots and traps, gillnets, trammel nets, and
bottom longlines. From Motril to the eastern end of the area, gear targeting cephalopods and fish are the most used (Fig. 14.10).
Fig. 14.9 Proportion of
taxonomic groups (fish,
crustaceans, and molluscs)
caught by different fishing
gears used by the artisanal
fleet in the northern
Alboran Sea
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