“…In this context, alternative methodologies and models have been used variously to estimate catch and catch per unit effort (CPUE) in smallscale fisheries (Gómez-Muñoz, 1990;Hoening et al, 1997;Kirchner and Beyer, 1999;Neis et al, 1999;Arnaiz et al, 2002;Otero et al, 2005;Young et al, 2006). Among these, Gómez-Muñoz (1990) developed a simple model to estimate catch and catch per unit effort (CPUE) in multispecies small-scale fisheries.…”