Sardine fishing grounds along the Yugoslav Adriatic coast, their distribution and characteristics

Abstract

       The original paper comprises 16 charts completed with a text extending over 30 pages.

        The charts contain 900 Sardine fishing grounds, and their names are given in the text.

         On the basis of the repeatedly checked observations made through a number of years, the author states that the Sardine fishing grounds are affected by the depth of the sea, by the composition of the sea bottom, and by their distance from the seashore.

        The author's conclusions are the following:

        a) 200 metres is the maximum depth at which Sardine live, but they rarely go deeper than 100 metres during the fishing season.

        b) The examination of the sea bottom of the best Sardine fishing grounds has shown that they are mostly composed of lumstone and sand with shells.

        c) The distance of a fishing ground from the edge of the sea is directly dependent on the rate of slope of the hard part of the continental shelf, i. e. the steeper the seashore the nearer the fishing grounds, and the gentler the slope the more distant the fishing grounds.