Pêche au gros à Cambrils, Espagne

"Bonjour,

Mes devoirs de vacances ne sont toujours pas fait. :
3 jours de peche : destination la Catalogne en Espagne.
-- Appel téléphonique de mon cousin, Patrick Bachelier, pisciculteur dans l’Aube : Une nouvelle organisation de peche aux gros s’est installée à Cambrils près de L’Hospitalet de l’Infant : il y a beaucoup de thons, à 4 à 5 miles des cotes par 40 à 50 metres de fond…..

Big Game fishing en Espagne

--Quelques minutes d’hésitation et mon billet d’avion pour REUS/BARCELONE est pris sur RIANAIR.
--Au programme, des 3 jours : visite et peche dans le Delta de l’Ebre, peche à la traine, et broumé (pêche au gros)
--Sauvage et magique, ce delta est magnifique et me rappelle notre Camargue, sans les chevaux ;quelques tassergals et bars.
--Le 2è jour nous passons aux choses sérieuses :Le Rodman 1040, équipé en 130 avec moulinets Eyverol ,a chargé 5 à 6 caisses de sardines et le fameux broumé dont chaque pecheur a le secret…. !
Règlementation oblige : nous sommes, comme en France, autorisés a ramener un seul thon de plus de 30 Kilos, et devons le déclarer aux autorités à l’arrivée au port.Je n’ai pas entendu parler de quota et
d’attribution de bagues comme en France…. !
Nous pechons ici en dérive à 4 à 5 miles des cotes par 45 metres de fond ce qui est un gros avantage.
Nous avons 4 tags pour les relaches ; 2 à 3 visites au sondeur en matinée puis plus rien jusqu’au départ de 15h .
Bateau équipé de 2 sièges : un à l’arrière et l’autre à l’avant du bateau mais sans calles pieds….Combat donc à l’avant du bateau et sans baudrier…..( Le skipper y a remédié le lendemain )
Au bout 1h30 je passe à l’arrière du bateau pour le final… mais au bout d’un quart d’heure je constate que mon poisson est mort au fond ; heureusement nous sommes sur des fonds de 45 metres et il nous a fallu
près de 25 minutes, à trois, 20 cm par 20 cm ,pour voir arriver ce magnifique thon qui affichera plus tard 267 Kilos sur la balance pour 2,62 metres de long et 1,70 de tour de taille ;mon record à ce jour.
Le précedent étant de 220 kg sur l’Hatteras de Robert Etienne en 1992…..
Après 2H10 de combat, nous rentrons au port déclarer notre prise aux autorités du cercle nautique de Cambrils qui nous autorise la découpe de ce thon pour la satis faction des nombreux amis du skipper.
--Le 3è jour nous avions décidé de pecher à la traine sur les meme lieux : 1 décroché, 1 casse ,1 thon de 12 kg relaché ; mais quel festival…..entre 8h et 12h sur des fonds de 67 metres ; 4h de folie sur des
hectares avec des milliers de thons rouges entre 10 et 40 Kgs, avec des moments ou ils étaient à 10 metres du bateau….Mais il faut etre équipé de poppers ou de vifs si on veut des résultats.
L’avenir j’espère en Méditerranée est assuré….si nous respectons la règlementation, et que la majorité des professionnels se reconvertissent….

Organisation : www.dPesca.com
Thomas Komen
Despacho 14.C/Rivera Sans, n°5. 43890 L’Hospitalet de l’Infant (Tarragona)
+34 651 377 316 - info@dpesca.com

Equipage du Rodman 1040 :Skipper Antonio et Stephane"

CHAMPAGNE JACQUART
JEAN CLAUDE VIBERT

Sport fishing boats and Cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar

Game fishing for Tuna - Fishing charter in Spain - is an issue of concern because of direct injuries from the hooks pulled behind the boats. On some occasions these injuries are caused by disrespect for cetaceans, by boats that cross their swimming direction or that drive into groups of cetaceans, even as they swim beside whale watching boats. One reason is that some believe the tuna swim underneath the dolphins. This might be true in the Pacific Ocean, but it’s not in the Strait of Gibraltar. The migration of tuna between the Atlantic and Mediterranean is not related to the permanent presence of cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar.
The following photos show injuries caused by fishing gear. Some of them may have been caused by illegal drift nets, but most have been infringed by the lines pulled by private tuna game-fishing boats. When the line starts to cut from the trailing edge of the dorsal fin and the whale eventually dives, only a small front portion of the dorsal fin is saved. We observe most of the fresh injuries during the tuna fishing season, when up to 40 sport boats can be seen at once in the Strait.

Whale watching
In 2007 whale watching guidelines were implemented in Spain, but some captains have not lost there old habits. They argue that the whales are habituated to ship traffic and can be approached without much disturbance, but it makes a great difference if a big vessel crosses straight or if a boat follows the whales, disrupting their natural behaviour for a longer period of time. It is even worse when one boat calls the other by radio, causing a continuous presence at one group of animals. The following photos show a Pilot Whale with a deep cut from a propeller, caused by a stopped boat (since a driving boat would have caused multiple cuts). Unfortunately it cannot be excluded that it was originated by the propeller of a whale watching boat.

Mitigation Measures
In order to protect and conserve the cetaceans of the Strait of Gibraltar fishing, the stress factors described should be reduced as much as possible.
Private boats: They should be informed of the different kind of correlation that exists between the presence of dolphins and tuna in The Strait and in the Pacific Ocean. They should also comply with whale watching regulations.
Whale watching: Compliance with whale watching regulations should be improved (see summary of regulations below)

REAL DECRETO 1727/2007, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se establecen medidas de protección de los cetáceos.
ANEXO II
1. General code of conduct while observing cetaceans inside the previously defined mobile protection space:
A. It is prohibited to use sonar systems to detect cetaceans or to push them to the surface.
B. Ships must move at constant speed of 4 kn. or as slow as the slowest animal in the group, but not inside the “prohibited zone”, where a different code of conduct specified at section 2 of this appendix must be applied. Once finished, the ships must continue at that constant speed until having left the mobile protection space.
C. The approach must be done converging slowly from one side at an angle of 30º to their swimming direction, never from the front, from behind nor perpendicular to their trajectory. While observing the cetaceans the ship must navigate parallel, without sudden changes of speed and direction.
D. Boats approaching simultaneously must coordinate it by radio, in order to reduce the disturbance as much as possible.
E. If the engine was stopped and is started again, it must be kept at empty running for at least 1 minute. Every change of the revolutions of the engine must be done smoothly.
F. Driving backwards is only allowed to avoid collisions with other ships or cetaceans.
G. Never drive in circles around the cetaceans.
H. If cetaceans approach diving people, the latter must avoid interacting with them and leave the area as soon as possible safety allows.
2. General code of conduct while observing cetaceans inside the different sections of the previously defined mobile protection space.
In the Prohibited Zone:
A. Permission to navigate only under emergency circumstances.
B. If cetaceans emerge suddenly at less than 60 m from the boat, the propeller must be stopped.
C. As long as animals remain at less then 60 m from the boat, the propeller must remain stopped and can only be reengaged some minutes after departure of the animals. The navigations must be started smoothly, taking especial care in making sure no animals hang about the propeller.
D. If the emerging animals are dolphins or porpoises, it is allowed to continue with constant prudent speed, maintaining the initial speed.
E. Sonar must stay switched off.
In the Zone of temporary stop only:
A. Prohibited if lonely calf-adult pairs or lonely calves are present.
B. A maximum of two ships are allowed at once.
In the zone of special care:
A maximum of two ships are allowed to stay waiting if two other ships are already inside the Zone of Temporary Stop and they have to wait until the first arrivers leave. Ships must coordinate movements through radio.
In the Aerial Zone:
It is prohibited to stay.
In the Submarine Zone:
It is prohibited to stay.