This project aims to assess the cumulative impact of artisanal trammel fishing on ma\u00ebrl seabeds by comparing bottoms impacted outside the Columbretes marine reserve and protected seabeds for more than two decades within the reserve. The purpose is to develop fishing methods that promote sustainable and sustainable artisanal fishing on ma\u00ebrl communities.
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\nThis project aims to assess the cumulative impact of artisanal trammel fishing on ma\u00ebrl seabeds by comparing bottoms impacted outside the Columbretes marine reserve and protected seabeds for more than two decades within the reserve. The purpose is to develop fishing methods that promote sustainable and sustainable artisanal fishing on ma\u00ebrl communities. <\/p>\n
The Columbretes Islands marine reserve has been a protected area for more than two decades. One of its most important habitats is the ma\u00ebrl bottoms that form a perennial and heterogeneous habitat and an ecosystem of high species diversity. The ma\u00ebrl bottoms (intermediate habitats between the reef and the sedimentary bottoms) have not been the object of attention in Spain until recent times, although they are threatened by human impact, including fishing activities. One of them is trawling, recently studied in the INDEMARES \u2013 Menorcapesca Channel project. Another traditional technique, less studied, is trammel netting, used to capture species of high commercial value. This is the most important fishing resource in the fishing grounds around the Columbretes marine reserve, as well as in other places, especially the Menorca Channel. Its activity is associated with rocky and ma\u00ebrl bottoms <\/p>\n
To achieve the objectives, the following actions have been outlined:<\/p>\n