Gioacchino Bono
Senior Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
MUPI
Monitoring of the species Pagellus bogaraveo in the islands of Sicily
Pagellus bogaraveo Brünnich, 1768 is a bony fish of the family Sparidae, also known by the names bigeye, besugo, pezzogna, goggle-eye, mupo and rovello, although the various local names may cause confusion among the different species of pagellus. The species is regularly found in domestic markets and is the subject of semi-industrial, artisanal and sport fishing. Although Italian production of P. bogaraveo does not reach significant quantities per year overall, it can become significant in some fisheries, partly because of the high market value of this species. Information on the status of the resource in the Mediterranean is scarce and fragmentary. In the Italian seas, there is no information on the exploitation status of P. bogaraveo. It should be remembered that Reg. EC n. 1967/2006 sets a minimum conservation size for this species of 33 cm LT, which is not always met. In this context, the project aims to achieve the following objectives in the smaller islands of Sicily:
– estimate the catch and corresponding effort of trawl, artisanal and recreational fisheries having P. bogaraveo as a target or bycatch species;
– to improve the current state of knowledge on the main biological parameters of the species such as, growth, mortality estimates (natural and fishing), reproductive period, gonado-somatic index, sexual inversion size, etc;
– develop a seasonal spatial distribution map of trawl effort, artisanal and recreational, having P. bogaraveo as a target or bycatch species;
– assess the status of the resource in the survey areas.
TEAM
Giuseppina Ciurlia
Technical Collaborator
Lesina
Fabio Falsone
External Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Fabio Fiorentino
Director of Research
Mazara Del Vallo
Salvatore Gancitano
Technical Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Vita Gancitano
Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
Mariangela Giglio
Administrative Officer
Mazara Del Vallo
Maria Mancuso
Researcher
Mazara Del Vallo
Daniela Massi
Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
Maria Puleo
Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
Pietro Rizzo
Technical Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Francesco Rizzo
Administrative Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Giacomo Sardo
Scholarship holder
Mazara Del Vallo
Danilo Scannella
Researcher
Mazara Del Vallo
Giuseppe Sinacori
Technical Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Cecilia Spagnolo
Administrative Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Giuseppa Termine
Administrative Officer
Mazara Del Vallo
Susanna Titone
Administrative Collaborator
Mazara Del Vallo
Antonino Titone
Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
Research Projects
Referent:
Giuseppe Scarcella
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Referent:
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Referent:
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Referent:
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Referent:
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