A large set of size data for yellowfin and bigeye tunas has been collected aboard Seychelles industrial longliners since 2007 and carefully checked and managed by the Seychelles Fishing Authority. Analysis of the data at the scale of the fishing operation shows that size frequency data collected at sea by fishermen are consistent with logbook infor...
En 20011, la flottille de senneurs français de l'océan Atlantique comprenait neuf grands senneurs qui représentaient une capacité de transport totale d'environ 8.000 m3. Les prises totales se sont élevées à environ 37.000 t et se composaient de 58% d'albacore, 33% de listao et de 9% de thon obèse. Après une période de déclin depuis le début des ann...
In 2012, the European Union and associated flags purse seine fishing fleet of the Indian Ocean was composed of 37 vessels of individual carrying capacity >800 t, which all represented a total carrying capacity of more than 45,000 t. The total cumulated nominal effort was about 9,500 and 7,800 fishing and searching days, respectively. The total numb...
