Bâ A. auteur aut IRD Schmidt J. auteur aut IRD Fricke L. auteur aut IRD Deme M. auteur aut IRD Mbaye A. auteur aut IRD Chaboud Christian auteur aut IRD Cury Philippe auteur aut IRD Brehmer Patrice auteur aut IRD text conferencePaper eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Sardinella (Sardinella aurita and Sardinella maderensis) is the main target species for the small-scale pelagic fisheries along the Mauritanian and Senegalese continental shelf. Income of these fisheries has decreased between 1993 and 2011 due to high variability in sardinella abundance and an increase in fishing capacity and subsequent effort. Data on effort and basic economic information have been collected regularly between 1993 and 2011 by the Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The latest study carried out in 2010 has reported a financial hardship for this fisheries sector. To investigate the current situation of the small-scale pelagic fisheries targeting Sardinella, we carried out an extensive interview survey among Senegalese fishermen in 2015, covering 450 skippers and vessel owners. Using historical data as baseline, we analysed the development of the last 20 years with respect to (1) technical, economic and social characteristics of vessels; (2) invested capital; (3) operating costs (fixed and variable costs); (4) income (5) overall profitability and (6) effect of changes in regulations on the sector. specialized MAURITANIE SENEGAL ATLANTIQUE 040PECHE 094COMIN PREFACE-PIRATA-CLIVAR Tropical Atlantic Variability Conference, Cape Town (ZAF), 2015/08/25-27 69 [s.l.] IRD 2015 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091473 [F B010091462] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091473 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2024-08/010091473.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2024-07-11 2024-08-07 fdi:010091473 fre