1. Attractors and soak times in artisanal fi shing with traps
- Author
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Evandro Figueiredo Sebastiani and Eduardo Gomes Sanches
- Subjects
artisanal fisheries ,fish traps ,recifal fishes ,soak time ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Traps are used by artisanal fishers as fishing gear in places where other fishing modalities are impeded or limited. The advantage of this type of fishing modality is the possibility of keeping fish alive and in the case of capturing species of low commercial value or size below the permitted minimum this fishing gear allows the release of such specimens back to nature, resulting in a sustainability aspect to the use of this fishing gear. This study aims to evaluate the effects of different attractors and times of submersion on the efficiency of the traps used. Sardines, shrimps and trash fish were employed as attractors. To evaluate the soak time, two periods were tested: 24 and 96 hours. The sardines, used as the attractor, resulted in a production of 1,296.4 ± 397.4g, significantly superior (p
- Published
- 2009