Fisheries and reproductive biology of Octopus vulgaris (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the Gulf of Alicante (Northwestern Mediterranean)

• Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science
• Main Authors: GONZALEZ, M., BARCALA, E., PEREZ-GIL, J.L., CARRASCO, M.N., GARCIA-MARTINEZ, M.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 2011
• Subjects: Fulton; DML
• Online Access: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12011; https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.38

The common octopus Octopus vulgarisCuvier, 1797 is the most fished cephalopod species along the Spanish coasts. Its catches are highly fluctuating due to the short life cycle of the species and to the annual variability of the recruitment pattern, strongly dependent on the environmental conditions a...