Table 5

Fishing gears used in Tunisian lagoons and coastal areas.

Gears Lines Long lines Cast net Trammel net/gillnet Fyke net Encircling net Trawl Veranda net Weirs Charfia Bordigue (trap net)
Ichkeul*       x x         In use
Bizerte* x x   x           Left on 1948 in operation until 1948 then abandoned
Ghar El Melh*   x x x x         Left on 1973
Tunis lake* x   x x x         Reinstalled in 2005 (north lake)
Left on 1995 (south lake)
Korba     x             Project in 1897
Hergla     x   x         Project in 1897
Khniss     x x           Left on 1990
Boughrara*   x x x            
Biban* x x   x           In use
Northern zone     x x   x x      
Eastern zone     x x   x x x    
Southern zone     x x   x x x x  
*

Lagoons were mugilids fishing activities are performed

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