A small-scale fishery near a rocky littoral marine reserve in the northwestern Mediterranean (Medes Islands) after two decades of fishing prohibition

Habitat influence in the morphological diversity of coastal fish assemblages

“…In the Central zone, the specimens were caught by small vessels In the Northern zone, the specimens were also captured using trammel nets between March andDecember 2003-2005, exclu-sively in the buffer area of Medes Islands Marine Reserve. The characteristics of trammel net fisheries in the study areas have been widely described in the literature (Martín et al, 2012;Maynou et al, 2011;Recasens et al, 2006;Stelzenmüller et al, 2009). In both regions, the entire fish catch for each operation (commercial plus the discarded fraction) was retained.…”

“…According to previous studies performed in the areas (Martín et al, 2012;Maynou et al, 2011;Recasens et al, 2006;Stelzenmüller et al, 2009), three environmental traits were considered. The variable 'type of substratum' was divided in five different discrete categories according to its consistency: muddy, sandy, gravel, mixture of sandy-rocky (including artificial reef such as rocky bottom), and rocky bottoms.…”

Characterizing the complexity of the fleet dynamics for an effective fisheries management: The case of the Cíes Islands (NW Spain)

“…In fact, the articles identifying fishing strategies in Spain were performed in the Mediterranean and/or southern areas of the country (Silva et al 2002, Forcada et al 2010, Maynou et al 2011, Martín et al 2012, where the fishing activity is different and less complex to that identified in this study. Studies carried out in other regions identified between 7 and 17 strategies (Forcada et al 2010, Maynou et al 2011), whereas we have described 33 different fishing techniques operating in an area of 26.6 km 2 .…”

“…Studies carried out in other regions identified between 7 and 17 strategies (Forcada et al 2010, Maynou et al 2011), whereas we have described 33 different fishing techniques operating in an area of 26.6 km 2 . The target species were also different: whereas most of the target species for Mediterranean small-scale fleet are finfish such as striped red mullet, common sole, gilthead seabream, common pandora and Atlantic bonito (Martín et al 2012), many of the main fisheries in Galicia target benthic invertebrates of high commercial value, such as common octopus, velvet crab, European spider crab, clams and gooseneck barnacles.…”

Consistent habitat segregation between sexes in the spider crabs <em>Maja brachydactyla</em> and <em>Maja squinado</em> (Brachyura), as revealed by stable isotopes

“…M. brachydactyla and M. squinado are the largest European species of the genus and are found from subtidal areas to about 90 m depth (De Kergariou 1984, Števčić 1973. M. brachydactyla inhabits the eastern Atlantic from the British Isles to Senegal and has a high commercial value, while M. squinado inhabits the Mediterranean and is considered an endangered species (UNEP 1996, Martín et al 2012, Sotelo et al 2008, Guerao and Rotllant 2010, Guerao et al 2011, Abelló et al 2014, although it was abundant until the first half of the 20 th century (Pons Muñoz 1994). Until recently, M. brachydactyla was considered a synonym of M. squinado (Zariquiey-Álvarez 1968, Neumann 1996, Ng et al 2008), but molecular studies indicated that M. squinado is more closely related to M. crispata than to M. brachydactyla (Sotelo et al 2009).…”