Med Sea Alliance

malta bank FRA

Overview

The East of Malta Bank Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA) –  located in the Strait of Sicily (GSA16) – was established by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in 2018 and adopted at EU level in June 2019. Fishing with bottom trawl nets is prohibited inside the FRA.

Inside this No Trawl Area it was observed a total of 24 apparent apparent fishing days1 from 2020-06-24 until 2021-12-03 carried by 6 vessels.

The vessels* that were observed to be apparently fishing inside the No Trawl Area during this period were:

May 2020Jul 2020Sep 2020Nov 2020Jan 2021Mar 2021May 2021Jul 2021Sep 202151015
Apparent fishing hours time seriesDateApparent fishing hours
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