La gestion informatique des données relatives à la pêcherie de surface du germon dans le nord-est atlantique

Since 1967, albacore fishermen have been involved in the studies on fishery, recording their observations in fishing logbooks. This work is conducted under the authority of the Interprofessional tuna committee and studies have been carried out from 1967 to 1969 driven by the late professor Postel, and then taken over in 1969 by the CNEXO. The fishery is exploited mainly by a fleet of 300 French tuna boats and 1 000 Spanish tuna boats using mobile lines and living bait. It occurs over the summer season, from June in an area comprised between the Gibraltar straight and the Azores Islands until the end of September along the Franco-Irish continental shelf.