A pesca com a arte de xávega.

Abstract

The preliminary results of a study on the beach seine fishery is given, including a brief analysis of the reported landings and their respective landing values. Landing statisticas are reported for the 8 most important species or group of species in the northern, central and southern regions. The artisanal fleet and beach seine gear characteristics are also given.\ud Length frequency distributions are reported for the catches of horse mackerel, sardine, squid and Spanish mackerel as well as the composition of catches at Costa de Caparica. Furthermore, we present the species lists of the 1976 and 1996 surveys that were carried out in Costa de Caparica and Fonte da Telha