The Ecology, Distribution and Spawning Behaviour of the Commercially Important Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) in the Inshore Waters of the English Channel ...

• Main Author: Bloor, Isobel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Plymouth 2013
• Subjects: SCUBA; Telemetry; Tagging; Fisheries; Inshore Waters; Cephalopods; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.24382/3827; https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bms-theses/424

Reduced file size version uploaded on 31.10.19 by LW (LED) ... : Over the last 50 years there has been a rapid increase in global landings of cephalopods (octopus, squid and cuttlefish). In European waters, cuttlefish are among the most important commercial cephalopod resources and within the North-East Atlantic, the English Channel supports the largest cuttlefish fishery, with the common cuttlefish, Sepia o cinalis (Linnaeus, 1758), dominating landings. S. o cinalis has a short (2 year) life cycle in the English Channel that is punctuated by seasonal migrations inshore and o shore. Using a combination of di erent métiers including beam trawling, otter trawling and coastal trapping, this shared fisheries resource is targeted at nearly every phase of the life cycle. Despite this continuing increase there remain only minimal management measures in place, with no quotas, no total allowable catches, no closed areas, no minimal landing size and no routine assessment of stocks. In order to provide sustainable fisheries management advice for S. o cinalis populations it is ...