Observations sur l'état des stocks démersaux des accores du golfe du Lion

The areas of the continental shelf neighbouring the valleys and deep sectors of the slope of the gulf of Lion, are hardly or not at all exploited by the French fleet, especially in its central and eastern part, for multiple reasons: distance from the coast, high fuel expenses, meeting the times set, complexity of the canyons' and their surroundings' morphology, mistral wind frequently blowing. This study aims to define the fisheries located on the flexure and the slope on the three following areas: east of Port-Vendres, south of Sète, south of the gulf of Fos, in order to compare their status, as far as performances and the composition, in size, of the most represented species are concerned.