Fishing Activity
Type of production system: Commercial; Industrial Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Temperate; Tropical. Depth zone: Shelf (50 m - 200 m). Horizontal distribution: Neritic. Vertical distribution: Demersal/Benthic.
Geo References for: Senegal
Senegal
| Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ) | SEN - Senegal |
| FAO Fishing Statistical Subdivisions | 34.3.12 - Atlantic, East central / 34.3.12 |
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The following area codes have been found as intersecting the location of
Spain Bottom trawl octopus and cuttlefish fishery - Senegalese watersThe Senegalese EEZ is dominated by several cyclonic gyres, including the Guinea Dome at 10ºN, 20ºW, driven by the North Equatorial Counter Current (Tomczak and Godfrey, 1994). Because the cyclonic rotation induces upwelling (doming of the thermocline), these features are more productive than the surrounding waters. The productivity of the Senegalese waters is high during winter, as a result of river run-off after the rainy season, localized upwelling, and cyclonic eddies retaining productive waters. Around May, the hydrographic conditions off Senegal become less favourable, with SST rising towards ca. 25ºC, stratification of surface water, and decreasing food availability (Zeeberg et al., 2008). The upwelling starts on the Senegalese continental shelf inducted by trade winds from November to January. Then, it extends from the North to the South coast, with a maximal intensity in March-April. Along the North coast, the upwelling localizes around Saint Louis, being extremely coastal and with maximal intensity in December-March. This marked seasonality of upwellings and the latitudinal displacement through the Mauritanian and Senegalese coasts produce important changes in the structure of the biological communities. In short periods (weeks), the system can alternate from a warm equatorial phase to a cold subtropical phase, this deriving in an alternated dominance between tropical and templates communities (Meiners, 2007).
Associated Species (Bycatch)
Sparus spp
Adults and juveniles
Fleet segment
Bottom otter trawl for cephalopods with minimum mesh size of 70 mm
Vessel Type
Stern trawlers freezerFlag State
Spain
Average characteristics of these vessels were 30 m length, 240 GRT and 900 h.p.
Catch Handling and Processing Equipment
Freezing
Fishing Gear
Single boat bottom otter trawlsGears could be prepared either with chains (Spanish trawl) or with bobbins in the footrope (Korean trawl).
Seasonality
December-September (during last fishing agreement)
Trip Duration
50-60 days at sea
Ports
La Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (in Canary Islands) and Dakar (Senegal)
Fishery Indicators
| Type | Measure | Value | Unit | Time period |
|---|
| Nominal Effort | Number of vessels | 5 | vessels | 2006 |
| Participation | Number of fishermen | 100 | persons | 2009 |
| Production | Catch total | 350 | tonnes | (2002-2006) |
Post Harvest
Fish Utilisation
Consumption and exportation
Management
Management unit: No
Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): Ministère de l’Economie Maritime des Transports Maritimes de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture
Mandate: Management.
Area under national jurisdiction: Senegal
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).
Management Body/Authority(ies): European Union
Mandate: Flag state responsibility for its fishing vessels operating in foreign area under national jurisdiction.
Area under national jurisdiction: Senegal
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).
Management Regime
Council Regulation (EC) No 2323/2002 of 16 December 2002 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2006 (OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 46–65). Management measures of the Spanish cephalopods bottom trawl fishery in Senegalese waters were included in the Fisheries Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Senegal. After the end of the last Agreement (OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 46–65) the Spanish fisheries in Senegalese waters were closed. Management measures described below are those included in this last Fishery Agreement.
Management Methods
Conservation and management measures with focus on Effort control (licences system) and catch control.
Related Fisheries - Fishing activity(ies) managed under the same management unit or being ruled by the same fishing agreement
Spain Bottom trawl black hake fishery - Senegalese watersSpain Freezer bottom trawl shrimp fishery - Senegalese watersMore information on fisheries legislation at: FAOLEX legislative database Source of Information
Balguerías, E., M.E. Quintero and C.L. Hernández-González, 2000. The origin of the Saharan Bank cephalopod fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57: 15–23.
Balguerías, C.L. Hernández-González and C. Perales-Raya, 2002. On the identity of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 stocks in the Saharan bank (northwest Africa) and their spatio-temporal variations in abundance in relation to some environmental factors. Bulletin of Marine Science, 71(1): 147–163.
FAO, 2006a. Report of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal resources. Conakry, 19-29 September 2003. CECAF/ECAF Series 06/67. FAO. Rome: 357 pp.
FAO, 2006b. Report of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal resources. Subgroup North. Saly, Senegal, 14-23 September 2004. CECAF/ECAF Series 06/68. FAO. Rome: 219 pp.
FAO, 2007. Report of the FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal resources. Subgroup North. Banjul, The Gambia. CECAF/ECAF Series. FAO. Roma (in press).
Meiners, C. 2007. Importancia de la variabilidad climática en las pesquerías y biología de la merluza europea Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) de la costa Noroccidental Africana. Tesis Doctoral, 187 pp. IEO-Univ. Politécnica de Cataluña.
Official Journal of the European Union, 2002. Protocol setting out fishing possibilities and the financial compensations established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing in the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2006. OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 46–65.
Tomczak, M. and J. S. Godfrey, 1994. Regional Oceanography: an Introduction. Pergamon, Oxford, 442 pp.
Zeeberg ,J., A. Corten , P. Tjoe-Awie, J. Cocab and B. Hamadyc, 2008. Climate modulates the effects of Sardinella aurita fisheries off Northwest Africa. Fisheries Research 89: 65–75.
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Octopus vulgaris 
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