Essais de casiers à langoustines dans la fosse de Capbreton

Scampi (Nephrops norvegicus) is traditionally fished with bottom trawls on muddy grounds. Some trawlers from Bayonne fish it from May to August in the south of the Bay of Biscay. The Capbreton area is partly forbidden to trawling and net fishing (see appendix 1) In spring and summer, it is frequented by a fleet of about fifteen vessels, among which are some lining vessels, fishing hake, and a few pot vessels, targeting crabs. Some of these vessels could be interested in using scampi traps in this area in order to be more versatile and, to a certain extent, to diminish their economical vulnerability through a diversification of the revenues generated by another high market value species. Ifremer offered to assess a new tool: scampi trap, on the Basque and Landes coast. Because of the interest of some fishermen for this new tool, trials were run in the Capbreton area. Scampis are numerous there and the proposed fishing area is outside the towed net area. Traps started to be dropped off in the middle of June 2007. Trials focused on the Ahaldena vessel skippered by Patrick Courtiau. During this period, the vessel usually uses lines (for hakes), crayfish pots, and live bait (for tuna). ...