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Shark Depredation and Unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline

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Italy Mediterranean Industrial <strong>Pelagic</strong> Longl<strong>in</strong>e Swordfish Fishery<br />

Table A4.17. CPUE (N/1000 hooks) of sharks observed on board of Porto Cesareo drift<strong>in</strong>g longl<strong>in</strong>e vessels target<strong>in</strong>g swordfish from 1978 to 1985<br />

(Filanti et al., 1986).<br />

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985<br />

Prionace glauca 1.53 1.13 0.94 2.25 1.40 3.07 1.12 1.17<br />

Lamna nasus 0.220 0.184 0.218 0.016 0.013 - - -<br />

Sphyrna zygaena 0.043 0.044 0.007 - - - 0.03 0.003<br />

Alopias vulp<strong>in</strong>us 0.096 0.047 0.021 0.004 0.007 - - -<br />

Hexanchus griseus - 0.004 - - - - - 0.003<br />

Table A4.18. Average weight <strong>and</strong> CPUE (N/1000 hooks, kg/1000 hooks) of blue shark caught by the Sanremo fleet <strong>in</strong> the Cetacean Sanctuary of the Ligurian<br />

Sea from 1990 to 1998 (Garibaldi <strong>and</strong> Orsi Rel<strong>in</strong>i, 2000).<br />

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Average<br />

Av. weight 12.08 16.6 12.5 13.3 9.28 8.5 9.6 10.4 9.96 11.0<br />

CPUE (N) 0.28 0.52 1.09 0.08 0.18 0.65 0.4 0.2 0.12 0.32<br />

CPUE (kg) 3.38 8.75 13.73 1.12 1.68 5.58 3.74 2.16 1.17 3.58<br />

Table A4.19. CPUE (kg/1000 hooks) of shark by-catch of swordfish longl<strong>in</strong>e registered <strong>in</strong> Imperia <strong>and</strong> Sanremo l<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts, from 1990 to 1997<br />

(Orsi Rel<strong>in</strong>i et al., 1999).<br />

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Average<br />

CPUE (kg/1000 hooks) 1.9 8 7.5 1.4 2.55 5.75 5.25 2.2 4.3<br />

Table A4.20. Number <strong>and</strong> tons of sharks l<strong>and</strong>ed from longl<strong>in</strong>e vessels at ports on the Tyrrhenian Sea <strong>and</strong> the Strait of Sicily, 1994-1995 (Di Natale, 1998).<br />

1994 1995<br />

<strong>Shark</strong> Species Number tons (GWT) Number tons (GWT)<br />

Alopias vulp<strong>in</strong>us 9 1 34 4<br />

Prionace glauca 2160 80 3190 157<br />

Lamna nasus 127 5 212 9<br />

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