REPORT OF THE 2008 ICCAT WORKING GROUP ON STOCK ...

Table 5. Number of bluefin fishing vessels by flag, fishing gear and vessel length categories.Gear TypeFlagLength Category40 m Grand TotalDREDGES EC.Greece 1 1EC.Ireland 2 2EC.Portugal 1 1DREDGES Total 2 2 4GILLNETS AND ENTANGLING NETS Croatia 9 9EC.Denmark 1 1EC.España 120 77 5 202EC.France 13 11 24EC.Greece 126 21 147EC.Ireland 1 7 7 3 18EC.Italy 6 2 8EC.Malta 4 4EC.Portugal 3 1 4Turkey 1 1GILL. AND ENT. NETS Total 279 122 12 4 1 418HOOKS AND LINES Algerie 1 1China, P.R. 4 4Croatia 8 8EC.Cyprus 1 1EC.España 63 111 78 7 259EC.France 6 1 7EC.Greece 123 30 153EC.Italy 10 11 2 23EC.Malta 54 17 2 73EC.Portugal 7 4 1 2 14Japan 38 38Libya 4 4Tunisie 1 1HOOKS AND LINES Total 271 175 84 10 46 586SEINE NETS EC.España 1 1EC.Greece 1 1 2EC.Italy 1 1Tunisie 13 14 6 33SEINE NETS Total 3 14 14 6 37SURROUNDING NETS Croatia 1 29 25 6 61EC.España 9 38 62 56 2 167EC.France 5 8 6 16 11 46EC.Greece 7 17 2 26EC.Ireland 4 2 6EC.Italy 3 18 14 16 20 71EC.Malta 7 3 2 12EC.Portugal 1 1 2Libya 1 14 18 1 34Tunisie 1 2 3Turkey 2 24 24 50SURROUNDING NETS Total 34 121 129 136 58 478TRAPS EC.España 3 3EC.France 1 1EC.Greece 9 1 10EC.Portugal 1 1 1 3TRAPS Total 14 2 1 17TRAWL NETS EC.España 1 22 10 33EC.France 3 87 10 6 106EC.Greece 1 2 2 1 6EC.Ireland 2 8 8 1 2 21EC.Italy 2 6 3 3 14Turkey 1 13 12 26TRAWL NETS Total 9 104 45 34 14 206GRAND TOTAL 612 540 285 190 119 174629