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Pilchard (Sardinops) Purse Seining

Main Components

Aquatic species

Target Species
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) South American pilchard

Gear types: Purse seines

Purse seines

A purse seine is made of a long wall of netting framed with a lead line of equal or longer length than the float line.

Vessel types: Purse seiners

Purse seiner

Purse seiners are the most important and most effective vessels to catch aggregating species near the surface.

Characteristics

Species EnvironmentA gregarious epipelagic species grouped in large schools, spending most of its life in pelagic waters of continental shelf (depth range 0-200 m). Feeds mainly on planktonic crustaceans.

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