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The purse-seine fishery for small pelagic fishes off the Madeira Archipelago
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Tejerina --- Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação (OOM/ARDITI) [Oceanic Observatory of Madeira/Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation], Portugal M Hermida --- Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação (OOM/ARDITI) [Oceanic Observatory of Madeira/Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation], Portugal G Faria --- Research Service, Direção Regional de Pescas (DRP) [Regional Directorate of Fisheries], Portugal J Delgado --- Research Service, Direção Regional de Pescas (DRP) [Regional Directorate of Fisheries], PortugalSmall pelagic fishes constitute a valuable food resource for human consumption and are also important components of marine food webs. At Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago in the eastern Atlantic, they are the target of a year-round purse-seine fishery operating mainly...