Rapido trawl fishery in the North-Central Adriatic Sea

This study gives a description of the catches produced by the commercial rapido trawl fleet of Ancona harbour (north-central Adriatic), mainly targeting the common sole, Solea solea. Observations onboard were carried out for two years. Catch data showed that the discarded part was greater than the retained one. Discard of commercial species was greater than discard of non-commercial ones, and both of them were dominated by few species.