Gulf of Lions sea bass and gilthead sea bream gillnet fishery

 

Overview

	SPECIES Sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax Gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata
	FISHING GEAR Nets (gillnet, trammel net, combined nets)

 

VOLUME OF LANDINGS :  102,2 tons (Seabass) et 283,9 tons (Gilthead seabream) in 2013

 

LANDING PORTS: Port-Vendres (PV), Sète (ST), Martigues (MT), Marseille (MA), Toulon (TL), Nice (NI).

 

Fishery

The nets used in this fishery are vertical, static monofilament or trifilament gear, anchored to the sea floor. Fish are caught around the gills by the gill net or get entangled.

Gilthead sea bream and sea bass fisheries operate in the coastal areas of Languedoc-Roussillon and PACA, both offshore and near shore. In both regions, the fleet is mainly made up of gillnetters.

Use of the different kinds of nets is dependent on the fisherman’s experience, the species aimed for, the season, physical factors and familiarity with the stock area.

Pre-assessment results

Results of the MSC pre-assessment, conducted using the precautionary principle (bar filled = benchmark achieved). Only some of the data is presented here. For a full listing of the results, please visit the Medfish website.

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Gulf of Lions gilthead seabream gillnet fishery	Gulf of Lions sea bass gillnet fishery

STRENGTHS	POINTS FOR IMPROVEMENT
Gear with negligible impact on benthic habitats Minimum legal size applicable for gilthead sea bream and sea bass	Gilthead sea bream and sea bass stock levels deemed worrying Lack of follow-up data on the structure and dynamics of stock populations Harvest control rules to be defined Lack of data for landings by gear, catches from recreational fisheries and impact of fishery on unwanted by-catch

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