The European Union (EU) is one of the most important markets for cephalopods in world. Currently, small-scale fisheries targeting common octopus EU are considerable social and economic importance, especially southern waters where more consumed as part traditional diet. Octopuses Europe excluded from quota regulations under Common Fisheries Policy Member States manage their employing different i...

Fisheries catches from Pacific Island coral reefs are rarely recorded in official statistics. Reconstruction of catch estimates with limited hard data requires interpolation and assumptions, justifiable only by the unsatisfactory alternative of continued substitution of zero catches, a common policy interpretation for ‘no data’. Uncertainties associated with reconstructions are high, requiring ...