TABLE 1.
Main informative parameters of studied breeding sites
| Location (coordinates) | Breeding site | Distance from human settlements (km) | No. of breeding pairs | Fishing vessel activity around each area (2007)a |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative estimation | No. of vessels | Gross tonnage | |||||
| Medes Islands (42°0′N, 3°13′E) | Protected islands off the coast of a tourist resort | 0.9 | 6,500b | Moderate-high | 392 | 8,956 | 6 |
| Ebro Delta (40°40′N, 0°45′E) | Isolated peninsula in a natural park | 7.5 | 6,000 | High | 358 | 11,195 | 28 |
| Columbretes Islands (39°54′N, 0°41′E) | Isolated archipelago in a marine reserve | 55 | 450 | High | 245 | 9,248 | 28 |
a
Fishing vessel information for each area was taken from http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries.
b
After several cullings.