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<p>The lack of reliable fisheries statistics hampers full assessment of the status of marine resources. Central to this problem are data-poor fisheries such as the Albanian seas and in particular the SSF sector. The present study aims to portray the small-scale fishery of south Albanian waters based on daily onboard monitoring of fisheries species catches during a two-year period (2016-2018). Results revealed a total of 6 and 11 fishing métiers for the nets and longlines, respectively. The most important target species for nets in terms of catches were <italic>Merluccius merluccius</italic>, <italic>Mullus surmuletus</italic>, <italic>Pagellus erythrinus</italic>, <italic>Sepia officinalis</italic> and <italic>Solea vulgaris</italic>. Longline fisheries were categorized into two distinct fishing métiers, one targeting the large pelagics <italic>Thunnus thynnus</italic> and <italic>Xiphias gladius,</italic> and the other targeting a wide range of Sparidae species and <italic>Epinephelus marginatus</italic>. The data and analysis presented here aim to reduce the current lack of quantitative data on a fisheries data-limited case such as the Albanian small-scale fishery and to provide information for developing monitoring for this fishery.</p>
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The lack of reliable fisheries statistics hampers full assessment of the status of marine resources. Central to this problem are data-poor fisheries such as the Albanian seas and in particular the SSF sector. The present study aims to portray the small-scale fishery of south Albanian waters based on daily onboard monitoring of fisheries species catches during a two-year period (2016-2018). Results revealed a total of 6 and 11 fishing métiers for the nets and longlines, respectively. The most important target species for nets in terms of catches were Merluccius merluccius, Mullus surmuletus, Pagellus erythrinus, Sepia officinalis and Solea vulgaris. Longline fisheries were categorized into two distinct fishing métiers, one targeting the large pelagics Thunnus thynnus and Xiphias gladius, and the other targeting a wide range of Sparidae species and Epinephelus marginatus. The data and analysis presented here aim to reduce the current lack of quantitative data on a fisheries data-limited case such as the Albanian small-scale fishery and to provide information for developing monitoring for this fishery.

Typology of the Albanian Small-Scale Fisheries

Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment

Department of Animal Production, Fisheries & Aquaculture

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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The lack of reliable fisheries statistics hampers full assessment of the status of marine resources. Central to this problem are data-poor fisheries such as...

Typology of the Albanian Small-Scale Fisheries

Published Online: Feb 27, 2022

Page range: 26 - 37

Received: Apr 20, 2021

Accepted: Oct 25, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2022-0004

Keywords
métier, species composition, Adriatic Sea

© 2022 Rigers Bakiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Typology of the Albanian Small-Scale Fisheries

Published Online: Feb 27, 2022

Page range: 26 - 37

Received: Apr 20, 2021

Accepted: Oct 25, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2022-0004

Keywordsmétier, species composition, Adriatic Sea

© 2022 Rigers Bakiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
métier, species composition, Adriatic Sea