The traditional fishery «charfia» in Chebba (Middle Eastern Tunisia): technical characteristics, catch composition and the related social issues

The « Charfia » is a traditional, sustainable fishing method that catches fish alive. The study emphasizes the first assessment of this technique in Chebba area. It provides a catch analysis, and aims to characterize its technical aspect as well as mapping its implementations. In Chebba area 15 implantations of Charfia traps were identified and located. Traps are mainly made out of multifilament gillnets interspersed with palm leaves. These fisheries are of complex type, formed out of multiple consolidated implantations. Scale based plan of all the Charfia implantations was made. Some factors are influencing the production in Chrafi as the position of the implantation and its maintenance. We noticed a quantitative and qualitative variation from one Charfia to another. Furthermore, fish accession to the Chrafi’s fish traps is governed by the sea currents, tides, anticyclonic winds and other hydrodynamic factors. Charfia have been affected by the changes in the traditional materials constituting it, which might impact negatively the environment and the fisheries resources.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Moussa, Hamdi, Shili, A., Nasraoui, S.
Format:	Journal Contribution biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Charfia, traps, Traditional fishery, trap fishing,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/41531
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