To achieve sustainable fisheries implies that resources’ management is carried out in accordance with biologically and ecologically relevant processes. In this context, to infer the boundaries of genetic stocks along their distribution crucial avoid depletion diversity induced by fishing pressure. Despite its remarkable ecological role commercial interest, there are still many uncertainties abo...

BACKGROUND European sardines are an important fishing resource in the North Atlantic. Recognized for its great commercial and economic value in southern Europe, this resource currently has low stock indices. From this perspective, fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) is appreciated as an auxiliary tool in the management of sardines in this region. Our goal is to evaluate the LEK and attitu...

The study of small pelagic fish by hydroacoustic methods in the Mediterranean Sea began Adriatic 1950’s. Since 2009, internationally coordinated, extensive, regular surveys have been conducted framework MEDIAS - International Acoustic Surveys – action, under EU Data Collection Framework, to provide inputs for management pelagics, particularly European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and sardin...