Moudros nets (2)
Europe, Greece, Aegean, Limnos, Moudros, Harbour, Fishing boat, Deck, Gillnets (slightly cut)
A small wooden fishing boat in Moudros harbor with an assortment of gillnets.
High time to provide you with some information about Greek coastal fishery:
Greece is a country with a long tradition in fishing. The 4.000 km of the mainland's coastline and the 11.000 km of the islands' coastline favour it. It's output: around 130.000-160.000 tons of fish and sea-food every year. 90% of this total is captured in the Aegean Sea. In general, the Greek waters are not very productive. Owing to the narrowness of the continental shelf in the majority of Greek waters, in general vessels fish very close to the coast. The northern Aegean, in particular the Sea of Thrace, is an exception, because of the extent of the continental shelf and the hydrographic conditions.
Fishing in Greece is characterized by the catch of multiple species - more than eighty different species. However, the predominant catches are small pelagics (anchovies and sardines). Others: cod, mullet, prawn, squid bream. And molluscs ( 9% of the landings) and crustaceans (5%.).
The Greek fishing fleet is not industrialized and dominated by small coastal vessels, as out of a total of 18 900 ships, more than 17 300 are less than 12 metres in length. More than 21% of the vessels in the European Community fleet are registered in Greece. However, because of their small size, they represent only 5% of the tonnage and 8% of the power. These characteristics also apply to the Greek fishing fleet'smain activity, which is focused on catching coastal species around the islands and some other species further beyond the continental shelf.
Only a small group of Greek fishing vessels (around 35) currently operate in international waters, catching fish and crustaceans in the central Atlantic and the western coast of Africa.
The most commonly used main fishing gear is set longlines (64% of vessels) and set (anchored) gillnets (23%). These two types of gear are the main gear of 87% of vessels in the Greek fleet. However, gillnets predominate as secondary gear (59% of vessels), while set longlines are used as secondary gear only by 26% of vessels.
Moudros nets (2)
Europe, Greece, Aegean, Limnos, Moudros, Harbour, Fishing boat, Deck, Gillnets (slightly cut)
A small wooden fishing boat in Moudros harbor with an assortment of gillnets.
High time to provide you with some information about Greek coastal fishery:
Greece is a country with a long tradition in fishing. The 4.000 km of the mainland's coastline and the 11.000 km of the islands' coastline favour it. It's output: around 130.000-160.000 tons of fish and sea-food every year. 90% of this total is captured in the Aegean Sea. In general, the Greek waters are not very productive. Owing to the narrowness of the continental shelf in the majority of Greek waters, in general vessels fish very close to the coast. The northern Aegean, in particular the Sea of Thrace, is an exception, because of the extent of the continental shelf and the hydrographic conditions.
Fishing in Greece is characterized by the catch of multiple species - more than eighty different species. However, the predominant catches are small pelagics (anchovies and sardines). Others: cod, mullet, prawn, squid bream. And molluscs ( 9% of the landings) and crustaceans (5%.).
The Greek fishing fleet is not industrialized and dominated by small coastal vessels, as out of a total of 18 900 ships, more than 17 300 are less than 12 metres in length. More than 21% of the vessels in the European Community fleet are registered in Greece. However, because of their small size, they represent only 5% of the tonnage and 8% of the power. These characteristics also apply to the Greek fishing fleet'smain activity, which is focused on catching coastal species around the islands and some other species further beyond the continental shelf.
Only a small group of Greek fishing vessels (around 35) currently operate in international waters, catching fish and crustaceans in the central Atlantic and the western coast of Africa.
The most commonly used main fishing gear is set longlines (64% of vessels) and set (anchored) gillnets (23%). These two types of gear are the main gear of 87% of vessels in the Greek fleet. However, gillnets predominate as secondary gear (59% of vessels), while set longlines are used as secondary gear only by 26% of vessels.