Assessment and Monitoring of the Fishery Resources and the Ecosystems in the Straits of Sicily

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Potential biological and environmental influences on the Octopus vulgaris population of the Gulf of Gabès (south-eastern Tunisian coast)


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 Authors:  Ezzeddine, S. - El Abed, A.
 Pages:  8 Publication year:  2004 Type: article
 Keywords: abiotic environment - biotic environment - Octopus vulgaris - Gulf of Gabès - demographic parameters - reproductive biology

Some relevant information on the spatial distribution of demersal resources, benthic biocoenoses and fishing pressure in the Strait of Sicily


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 Authors:   Fiorentino, F.- Garofalo, G.- Gristina, M.- Gancitano, S.- Norrito, G.
 Pages:  17 Publication year:  2004 Type: article
 Keywords: demersal resources - biocoenoses - Strait of Sicily - stock unit - spatial distribution - spawning areas - nursery areas - recruitment - fishing pressure - fishing effort - trawl fishing impact

Overview of the available biological information on demersal resources of the Strait of Sicily


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 Authors:  Ragonese, S.- M. Andreoli, G.- Bono, G.- Giusto, G.B.- Rizzo, P.- Sinacori, G.
 Pages:  8 Publication year:  2004 Type: article
 Keywords: demersal resources - Strait of Sicily - demographic parameters - abundance index

Commercial demersal marine species of Libya


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 Authors:  Rawag, A.A.- Haddoud, D.A.- Zgozi, S.
 Pages:  7 Publication year:  2004 Type: article
 Keywords: Libya - demersal resources - spatial distribution - trawl survey

Sessile megabenthic species from Tunisian littoral sites


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 Authors:  Mustapha, K.B.- Afli, A. - Hattour, A. - El Abed, A.
 Pages:  16 Publication year:  2004 Type: article
 Keywords: Tunisia - marine habitats - Gulf of Gabès - Gulf of Hammamet - Gulf of Tunis - sea grass meadows - biocoenoses - coralligenous assemblages - macrobenthic assemblages

The HRPT station at IRMA-CNR in Mazara del Vallo for the acquisition and analysis of satellite data in the Strait of Sicily


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 Authors:  Pernice, G.
 Pages:  5 Publication year:  2004 Type: article
 Keywords: satellite data - image processing - Strait of Sicily - environmental factors - ocean productivity

Coupling between the hydrographic circulation in the Strait of Sicily and the reproductive strategy of the European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus: effects on distribution of spawning grounds


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 Authors:  Patti, B. - Cuttitta, A.- Bonanno, A.-Basilone, G.- Buscaino, G.- Patti, C.- Garcia Lafuente, J.- Garcia, A.- Mazzola, S.
 Pages:  9 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: environmental factors - reproductive biology - Engraulis encrasicolus - European anchovy - spawning areas - satellite data - ichtyoplankton - small pelagic fish

Répartition géographique et estimation de la biomasse des petits pélagiques des côtes tunisiennes


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 Authors:  Ben Abdallah, L.- Gaamour, A.
 Pages:  11 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: small pelagic fish - spatial distribution - Tunisia - acoustics - stock assessment

Fluctuation of sardine and anchovy abundance in the Strait of Sicily investigated by acoustic surveys


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 Authors:  Bonanno, A.-Patti, B.- Goncharov, S.- Basilone, G.- Cuttitta, A.- Buscaino, G.- Garcia Lafuente, J.- Garcia, A.- Palumbo, V.- Cancemi, M.- Mazzola, S.
 Pages:  9 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: small pelagic fish - sardine - Sardina pilchardus - anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus - stock assessment - Strait of Sicily

Etudes de la biologie et de l’exploitation des petits pélagiques en Tunisie


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 Authors:  Gaamour, A.- Ben Abdallah, L.- Khemiri, S.- Mili, S.
 Pages:  19 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: small pelagic fish - reproductive biology - stock assessment - Tunisia - demographic parameters - sexual maturity - otolith

Reproductive aspects of the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus): six years of observations in the Strait of Sicily


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 Authors:  Basilone, G.- Patti, B.- Cuttitta, A.- Vergara, A.R.- Garcia, A.- Mazzola, S.- Buscaino, G.
 Pages:  12 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: reproductive biology - European anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus - Strait of Sicily - demographic parameters

Growth of the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Strait of Sicily


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 Authors:  Basilone, G.- Patti, B.- Mazzola, S.- Cuttitta, A.- Bonanno, A.- Sposito, P.- Kallianiotis, A.
 Pages:  11 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: European anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus - Strait of Sicily - demographic parameters - length composition - otolith

Acoustic identification of small-pelagic-fish species: target-strength analysis and school-descriptor classification


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 Authors:  Hannachi, M.S.- Ben Abdallah, L.- Marrakchi, O.
 Pages:  10 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: acoustics - target strength - school descriptors - neural networks - sardine - Sardina pilchardus - anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus - horse mackerel - Trachurus trachurus

Distribution, abundance and biological features of picarel (Spicara flexuosa), Mediterranean (Trachurus mediterraneus) and Atlantic (T. trachurus) horse mackerel based on experimental bottom-trawl data (MEDITS, 1994–2002) in the Strait of Sicily


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 Authors:  Ragonese, S.- Fiorentino, F.- Garofalo, G.- Gristina, M.- Levi, D.- Gancitano, S.- Giusto, G.B.- Rizzo, P.- Sinacori, G.
 Pages:  15 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: demographic parameters - sexual maturity - small pelagic fish - sardine - Sardina pilchardus - anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus - picarel - Spicara flexuosa - horse mackerel - Trachurus trachurus - Trachurus mediterraneus - Strait of Sicily

Methodology adopted for the study of eggs and larvae of small-pelagic fishes in Tunisian waters


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 Authors:  Zarrad, R.- Bedoui, R.
 Pages:  3 Publication year:  2005 Type: abstract
 Keywords: ichtyoplankton - Tunisia

Overview of the available information on the fisheries for small-pelagic fish in Maltese waters


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 Authors:  Muscat, E.
 Pages:  6 Publication year:  2005 Type: article
 Keywords: Malta - small pelagic fish - catch and effort statistics - fishing effort - spatial distribution

Design of a geographical information system prototype for the management of fishing with light in the Gulf of Tunis (Methodology)


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 Authors:  Ben Rais Lasram, F.- Gana, S.- Ben Abdallah, L.- Bel Hadj Ali, A.
 Pages:  3 Publication year:  2005 Type: abstract
 Keywords: GIS - fishing effort - numerical modelling - small pelagic fish

The influence of meteorological parameters on fisheries, especially those on small-pelagic-fish species


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 Authors:  Gauci, F.
 Pages:  1 Publication year:  2005 Type: abstract
 Keywords: small pelagic fish - meteorology

Outline of the results of the COPEMED International Workshop on Environmental Variability and Small-Pelagic Fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea


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 Authors:  Hernandez, P.
 Pages:  5 Publication year:  2005 Type: abstract
 Keywords: environmental factors - small pelagic fish - workshop - Mediterranean Sea

Influence of environmental parameters and fishery on demersal fish distribution along the Tunisian coast


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 Authors:  Jarboui, O.- El Abed, A.
 Pages:  3 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: demographic parameters - reproductive biology - demersal resources - Tunisia - fishing effort - spatial distribution

The effects of environmental factors on the distribution of crustaceans along the Tunisian coast


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 Authors:  Missaoui, H.
 Pages:  1 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: crustaceans - Tunisia

Distribution and abundance of the demersal fish community in Klang Strait (Malaysia) in relation to environmental factors


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 Authors:  Zgozi, S.
 Pages:  1 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: Malaysia - demersal resources - environmental factors

Viability of exploiting virgin trawlable fishing areas


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 Authors:  Busuttil, C.
 Pages:  3 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: virgin fishing areas - demersal resources

Maltese offshore benthic habitats and biota


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 Authors:  Schembri, P.J.
 Pages:  1 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: Malta - marine habitats - biocoenoses

Acquisition and analysis of benthic photographs


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 Authors:  Pilgrim, D.
 Pages:  1 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: underwater photographs - marine habitats

Mapping of the hydrographical characteristics relevant to fisheries in the vicinity of the Maltese Islands


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 Authors:  Drago, A.
 Pages:  2 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: Malta - environmental factors - numerical modelling - physical processes

Available meteorological data series relevant to fishery ecology


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 Authors:  Gauci, F.
 Pages:  1 Publication year:  2004 Type: abstract
 Keywords: Malta - meteorology