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High seas fisheries: Ocean pelagic resources living near the surface are exploited by purse seiners and surface long-liners

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Description

High seas fisheries: Ocean pelagic resources living near the surface are exploited by purse seiners and surface long-liners . Top: Italian purse seinerfishing in the central Adriatic. Middle: Bluefin tuna caught in the South Tyrrhenian by a purse seiner. Bottom:Distant-water surface longliner operating inthe Mediterranean.

Photographer

Top-E. Pesola;Center- M. Deflorio; Greenpeace.

Location

Mediterranean Sea

Collection

Fisheries

Fishing Techniques

FAO Educational Posters

Keywords

Fisheries