Research Communication | Open Access
Volume 2019 | Communication ID 265
Volume 2019 | Communication ID 265
| Fishing effort dedicated to exploit small pelagic species in Morocco |
Imane Agmour, Meriem Bentounsi, Naceur Achtaich, Youssef El Foutayeni
Received |
Accepted |
Published |
Feb 02, 2019 |
Feb 26, 2019 |
Mar 01, 2019 |
Abstract: Morocco has an important fishing heritage, with its two maritime facades, Mediterranean and Atlantic. Since there has been a decline in national marine and coastal biodiversity, this paper proposes a case study of five small pelagic species: sardine, sardinella, anchovy, mackerel and horse mackerel exploited by seiners in the maritime zones of Morocco. A comparison is made between the fishing effort that we determine using the generalized Nash equilibrium problem and the actual fishing effort given by the National Institute of Fisheries Research. In this work, fishing effort represents the ...