Catches in ghost-fishing octopus and fish trapsin the northeastern Atlantic Ocean(Algarve, Portugal)

摘要: Ghost fishing is the term used to describe continued capture of fish and other living organisms after a fisherman has lost all control over gear. Traps may be for a variety reasons including theft, vandalism, abandonment, interactions with gear, fouling on bottom (i.e., traps ropes are caught rocky substrate), bad weather, human error (Laist, 1995). Annual trap loss can as high 20% 50% fished in some fisheries (Al-Masroori et al., 2004). Because continue long periods, albeit with decreasing efficiency time (e.g., Smolowitz, 1978; Breen, 1987, 1990; Guillory, 1993), ghost is a concern worldwide.