| Data on the potential exploitation of deep demersal fish species in Reunion Island are very limited. The Regional Comitee for Sea Fisheries and Marine Breeding, with the scientific and technical support of Ifremer of La Reunion, has launched prospecting campaigns to identify and characterize deep-sea fish species (between 150 to 600 m deep), with an innovative method of catching with electric reel. The catches made concern mainly 5 main species (yields, frequency of catch, commercial interest). A new species, the brillant pomfret (Eumegistus illustris), as well as the longtail red snapper (Etelis coruscans), are the both main resources that can be exploited by the electric reel technique. They represent more than 60% of the overall catches made during the... |
