Description
Trap designed to capture octopuses, it has the form of a pot where the prey are sheltered, there is no device that prevents the escape of the prey.
Mesh classes
Minimum mesh size of 600 mm in guide nets and 80 mm in cup nets.
Target species
Tunas and Corvinas.
Condicionalismos
The total area of implantation and protection cannot exceed the area of a circle with a mile radius, the first one cannot exceed half a mile radius.
Legislation
Ordinance No. 296/94, of 17 May, which updates the national legislation in force with regard to zones and periods of fishing prohibition.
Ordinance No. 1102-D/2000, of 22 November, which approves the Regulation of Fishing by Trap Art, approved and republished by Ordinance No. 230/2012, of 3 August.