Mediterranean Small Craft

Fishery and Development

(MeSFiDe)
INTERREG III B
ARCHIMED - MESFIDE

Developing of small scale fishery economy:

Upgrading of under-used resources
The case of study of Milazzo albacore

Hurgada 23-27 November

2007
 MILAZZO (N boats = 20)
Artisanal fishery
TSL TFL kw Age of Boats
Mean 3,16 7,24 19,77 29
St. Dev. 1,39 1,49 11,32 11

Trammel nets, gillnets, combined

gillnets-trammel nets
Boat seines

0,26% Gillnets (Merluccius)

0,26% 0,26%
0,26% Driftnets (meshes 7-9)
0,52%
0,26% Pots
3,13%
5,74% 30,03%
6,27% Set longline (Lepidopus)

Totanara

Harpoons

Hooks and lines

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Set longline (Sparidae)

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Drifting longline
22,98% 30,03% Surrounding nets (Seriola)
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LANDINGS FOR FISHING GEAR
Gear E CPUE/day
Boat seines n. hauls 7,78
Trammel nets, gillnets, combined gillnets-trammel nets 500 m 8,49
Gillnets (Merluccius ) 500 m 5,58
Driftnets (meshes 7-9) 500 m 8,90
Set longline (Lepidopus ) 100 hooks 6,87
Pots 50 pots 3,37
 LIPARI 2006-2007
set longlines seine nets
N. boats = 105
1% 2%
pots
2%

trammel nets
and gillnets
14%

multigears
hooks and
56%
lines
25%

50
LIPARI 2006 - 2007 April - August
40 Multigears (59 boats) September - March

30
% boats

20

10

0
drift nets drifting set longlines lampara nets seine nets trammel nets hooks and
(mesh size 18 longlines and gillnets lines
cm)
fishing gears
 By-catch
Drifting
Longline Brama brama
Coryphaena hippurus
Pteroplatytrygon
violacea Tetrapturus
belone Xiphias gladius

700
Thunnus alalunga
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Thunnus thynnus
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 Specie: Thunnus alalunga
Year Month N. boats Tot kg fishing days
2005 April 7 5236 7
2005 May 16 20949 8
2005 June 10 9424 10
2005 July 7 2108 8
2005 October 11 23274 10
2005 November 12 5292 8
2006 January 10 3400 3
2006 February 7 560 3
2006 March 10 590 5
2006 April 22 11088 7
2006 May 30 15165 10
2006 June 32 4040 12
2006 July 36 17100 12
2006 August 2 920 2
2006 September 15 13648,5 10
2006 October 15 13172 10
2006 November 15 22962 9
2007 January 6 680 2
2007 March 12 2145 4
2007 April 15 28885,5 5
 Length-frequency distribution of catches in 2005-2006
25
First sexual maturity: Thunnus alalunga (N. = 417 )
20 50% of mature fishes
at 62 cm in
Mediterranean
15
% ind.

(Arena et al., 1980)

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FL classes (cm)
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Hook and bait for Fishing
longline activity
Catch of
albacore

Fish Role of the Fish distribution

landing market
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1,00
2,00
€/kg 3,00
4,00
5,00
6,00
apr-05
may-05
jun-05
jul-05
oct-05
nov-05
jan-06
feb-06
mar-06
apr-06
may-06

months
jun-06
jul-06
aug-06
sep-06
oct-06
nov-06
Trend of albacore prices

jan-07
mar-07
apr-07

kg per unit

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jan-07
Trend of albacore catches

mar-07
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CONCLUSION

• Low yield of catch (Milazzo)

• Retail of fresh fish and low fishing overhead contribute to a guaranted

income for a limited artisanal fishing fleet

• Presence of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) all the years in the Aeolian

area (Milazzo-Isole Eolie)

• Catch composition is characterized by adult fishes

• Underexploited stock

• Low price of fishes at the first level of production (No Retail)

• High price of fuel (fishing activity)

• 3-4 people crew

• High price of bait (S. pilchardus, S. aurita)

• High fishing overhead

SCHEDULE

Fishing activity to catch albacore (October-November 2007) in

order to:

• observe fishing activity by drifting longline for albacore (bait

used, numebr of hooks, yield, profit)
• film the fishing activity and to describe an ancient artisanal
fishing tradition
• monitor the quality control on the boat (fish conservation, ecc
HACCP)
• analyze the edible tissue (muscle) – Heavy metals

This activity it is necessary to better understand the way of market and

to improve the economic and social condition of fisherman operating in
this artisanal activity
OBJECTIVES

To propose the canned Albacore with organic olive oil in order to:

• improve relationship between fishermen and middlemen

• identificate a market niches. In addition to existing market

channels, fish distribution will be integrated increasingly into the
distribution of other food fish.

• improve orgnization and marketing way

• create an added value to the fresh fish

• improve social and economic conditions of fisherman that work

in the artisanal fisheries

• create a little industry of fish conservation in which the same

fisherman can to work

• transfer this model to other place using fishes with high quality,
underused and not overfished.