Hartsuijker, L (1973) First commercial results of the introduction of purse-seines in the pirogue-fisheries of Senegal. Technical Report No. 1/73 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dakar.
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Since 1969 attempts were made in order to introduce purse seines in the Senegalese artisanal sea-fisheries on board of the traditional pirogues (canoes).Trials and demonstrations were realized during May 1969, April ~970,May to July 1971 and April-May 1972.With the trials several Senegalese fishermen were trained to the operation of the purse-seine on board of the pirogues. After the last trials, during April and May 1972 the development of the seine, its adaptation to the pirogues and the training of crews were considered to be sufficiently far advanced. The decision was taken to allocate a few nets to Senegalese fishermen in order to be used freely on behalf of commercial fishing. Three purse-seines were constructed by the crews u under the supervision of the projects fishing-gear technologist with materials put at their disposal by the project. By the end of June the first net was ready and in the middle of July the third became operational. These nets were allocated to the chiefs of the crews on certain conditions , among which was mentioned the obligation to provide all the desired information on the fishing operations and their results. A provisional report on the results obtained between the end of June and the beginning 0~ October (Crasset,1972b) was published during October 1972.During November 1972 a fourth seine was allocated. The present report covers the results of the fishing operations by the four nets from the beginning until the 31th December 1972. It provides the quantities caught and the catch composition for each net by monthly periods, as well as the mean catches per day and per haul. Comparisons were made with the results of the traditional fisheries (surrounding gillnets) Commercial results are given in CFA francs and in US dollars. The selectivity for Sardinella species of the purse-seines compared with the surrounding gillnets is discussed at the hand of samples of length-frequencies.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Senegal, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Fisheries Resources, Reports, Commercial Fishing, Fishing Gear, Purse-seines, Pirogue Fisheries, Fishermen, Traditional Fisheries, Fishing Communities |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2023 05:17 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2023 05:17 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19786 |
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