Aspects of artisanal fishery in the Egadi Islands Marine protected area.

Some aspects of the artisanal fishery in the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Sicily, Italy) have been investigated. The main gears used by fishermen were: trammel net, combined gill net-trammel net, monofilament gillnet and bottom longline. Catches are made up to a large extent of Scorpaenidae, Sepiidae, Octopodidae, Sparidae, Serranidae, Mullidae, Labridae