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==Spatial and Temporal Data Analysis of Cephalopods Catches in Greece==
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Spatial and Temporal Data Analysis of Cephalopods
Catches in Greece
Georgios K. Tegos1
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Information Technology Department, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of
Thessaloniki, (A.T.E.I.TH), P.O. Box 14561, 54101 Greece, e-mail: gtegos@gen.teithe.gr
Abstract. Multidimensional Fishery Time Series database stores fishery time
series data regarding different aspects of Greek fishery sector such as
economical, technical, biological, space and time and it is used for carrying out
sustainability and risk analysis of Cephalopods catch quantity in Greece.
Economically the most important Cephalopods species Octopus seems to be
sustainable for the last four years. Besides, Aegean Sea areas are more
sustainable than Ionian Sea areas as it concerns biodiversity. This type of
research gives the opportunity to study changes of catch quantities by species
and by areas in time, which may constitute an essential tool to support decision
making on sea fishery resources and related economical activities.
Keywords: time series database, sustainability, risk, biodiversity
1 Introduction
Human interest in Cephalopods is long standing. The classical civilizations of the
Mediterranean had a good knowledge of the various types. Descriptions of
Cephalopods can be recognized in Homer’s Odyssey, Aristotle’s Historia
Animalium, in Minoan Crete and Greek and Roman cultures as well. Boyle and
Rodhouse (2005). Cephalopods, as shown by drawings on Greek ceramics and the
Aristotle’s descriptions, were well known in Greece since the antiquity. Nevertheless
available data concerning cephalopod fauna and biology were scanty prior to the
1990s. Despite the reduction in the quantity of cephalopods since 1996, their
proportion compared to total production of marine fisheries continues to increase.
Lefkaditou (2006). The share of total catch quantity of Cephalopods changes from 7
to 11% of total fish catch quantity for the period 2000-2011. Besides, the food
quality of these species, especially Octopus, makes this group very important.
Cephalopods exist in all marine habitats worldwide and provide a large part of the
total global biomass of all marine. Clarke (1996). Scientific knowledge of
cephalopod distributions and abundances is important to understand their
contribution not only to ecological relationships but also to overall energy flow and
transfer of materials. Piatkowski et al. (2001). Fishing pressure on marine biota has
increased during the last decade. Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO) reveal no rise in marine catch during this period Valavanis
et al. (2002) FAO statistics on cephalopod catch in the Mediterranean show no rise
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since 1988. Meaden and Do (1996). Data from the Greek National Statistical Service
(GNSS) reveal the same pattern in cephalopod fisheries in the Eastern Mediterranean
since 1994. FAO (2000). Since the early 90s, however, the distribution and
abundance of cephalopods in the Greek Seas have started to be regularly monitored
but the data have not yet been thoroughly analyzed D’onghia et al. (1992);
Lefkaditou and Kaspiris (1996). The sensitivity of cephalopod species to
environmental fluctuations is a potentially important factor to take into account in
stock assessments and fishery management measures. It also suggests that
cephalopods could act as indicators of environmental change and ecosystem
conditions. Pierce et al. (2013). Evidence of overexploitation of fish stocks in the
Greek seas is widespread and growing. In 2007, about 65% of the Greek stock was
characterized as overfished, 32% as fully exploited and only 3% were characterized
as developing; collapsed stocks were not recorded. It was concluded that the Greek
fisheries are no longer sustainable and radical management measures are needed.
Tsikliras et al. (2013). Ecological indicators calculated from landings data have been
extensively used to evaluate the effects of fishing on marine ecosystems. However,
few studies have tested the possible effects of gear and spatial aggregation of
landings data on different ecological indices over a long-term period. Moutopoulos et
al. (2014).
This paper aims to analyze spatial and temporal data on quantity of Cephalopods
catch in Greece for the period 2000-2011. The issues of sustainability of catch
quantities and risk analysis have a primary significance in this study.
2 Materials and methods
Multidimensional Fishery Time Series (FTS) database on fishery that is based on
National Statistical Service database of Greece (NSSG) is the source of data for this
study. FTS database stores fishery time series data regarding different aspects of
Greek fishery sector as follows:
• Economical – Quantity of catch, Value of catch, Employment, Category
• Technical – Kind of fishery, Fishing tool
• Biological – Fish group, Fish species
• Space – Country, Fish area
• Time – Year, Month.
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Fig. 1. Access to the hierarchically structured Greek fishery Time series Database
FTS database is a hierarchically structured multidimensional database. It consists
of a collection of five data cubes. Onkov (2011); Tegos and Onkov (2015). Three of
them concern quantity of catch by fish group and fish species, areas, kind of fishery,
and fishing tools. FTS database operates with two types of tables: dimension and fact
tables. Dimension tables store attributes values and relationships among tables. Fact
tables contain time series data and foreign keys which refer to primary keys in the
dimension tables. There is only one entry-point to each fact table of FTS database
cubes. Onkov and Stoyanova (2013). The whole data set has temporal character. Data
pertinent to catch quantity by areas is spatially oriented. FTS database facilitates
flexible: data access, visualization, update and process.
“Quantity of catch” (in metric tons) is accounted by 18 fishing areas and each area
by 71 fish species. Figure 1 presents the access to time series on catch quantity of
five species in the group Cephalopods. Hierarchical data structure is obvious.
The framework (figure 2) presents the process of studying time series on quantity
of Cephalopods catches. The basic operations in FTS database refer to access and
extraction of: a) temporal data (time series) on quantity of Cephalopods catches by
species; b) spatial time series on quantity of Cephalopods catches by areas.
Consequently the computing procedures are used for applying descriptive statistics,
graphical presentation of trends and extraction of information for missing catches.
The results of time series processing offer the opportunity to estimate sustainability
and make comparative and risk analysis of Cephalopods catches in Greece.
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Fig. 2. Framework for studying time series on quantity of Cephalopods catches
3 Results and Discussion
According to Standard Deviation (StDev) and Coefficient of Variance (CoefVar)
of descriptive statistics (Table1), it can be derived that the most unsustainable
catches are those of Cuttlefish (StDev=872,6, CoefVar=40,2), while the most
sustainable ones are those of Flying-squid (StDev=146,2, CoefVar=14,2). Octopus
has the biggest average catch quantity - 2346,8 m3 tons. The coefficient of variation
of catch quantity for Octopus (20.2%) is much closed to the coefficient of variation
for total Cephalopods catches (19,2%).
Figure 3 shows that the rapid increase of catch quantity in years 2002 and 2003
causes the unsustainability of Cuttlefish that after year 2004 is considered relatively
sustainable, especially for the last 4 years (2008, 2009, 2020 and 2011) where the
catch quantity is close to 1400 m3 tons.
The general trend for Cephalopods catches seems also to be sustainable for the last
4 years after the strong decline of 2003-2008 period.
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Table 1. Descriptive statistics, catches by species
Code Cephalopods Sum Average StDev CoefVar /%/
65 Flying squid 12354,2 1029,5 146,2 14,2
66 Common squid 7782,3 648,5 222,3 34,3
67 Poulp 8785,8 732,2 165,4 22,6
68 Cuttle fish 26042,9 2170,2 872,6 40,2
69 Octopus 28161,8 2346,8 473,7 20,2
Total 83127,0 6927,3 1326,9 19,2
Fig. 3. Quantity of cephalopods catches in Greece
It is possible to view some interesting facts concerning catches by areas and
species for the studied time period (table 2). The catches of 0,3 m3 tons for Poulp and
13,6 m3 tons for Flying squid in the Gulf of Lakonia area are very low. The
lowermost values for total catches of Cephalopods are registered in Gulf of
Kyparissia and Gulf of Messinia (151,5 m3 tones) as well as in Gulf of Lakonia
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(118,4 m3 tones). Economically the most important Cephalopods species Octopus has
the maximum value 13009,5 m3 tones in Str. G.,G.of Kavala-Thassos and Sea of
Thraki.
Table 2. Total catch quantities by areas and by species for the period 2000-2011
Flying Common Cuttle
Area name squid squid Poulp fish Octopus Total
Coasts of Ipiros and
Kerkyra 58,3 275,0 157,1 195,3 164,1 849,7
Amvrakikos Gulf
and coasts of
Lefkada island 27,3 283,3 29,8 80,3 84,8 505,5
Coasts of Kefalonia,
Zakynhos and Gulf
of Patra 952,4 1185,1 758,4 965,6 832,5 4694,0
Gulf of Kyparissia
and Gulf of Messinia 17,6 58,5 7,3 41,1 27,0 151,5
Gulf of Lakonia 13,6 42,5 0,3 41,3 20,8 118,4
Gulf of Argolida and
Saronikos Gulf 919,1 548,9 316,8 335,8 693,2 2813,9
Gulf of Korinthia 186,7 100,6 85,0 61,2 70,7 504,3
Gulf of S and N.
Evia-Gulf of Lamia 924,1 631,9 514,6 698,4 70,7 2839,7
Pagassitikos Gulf 109,9 42,2 10,7 65,2 167,3 395,4
Eastem coasts of
Evia and Sporades
islands 497,5 116,8 140,9 103,7 177,7 1036,6
Thermaikos Gulf and
Gulf of Chalkidiki 2261,4 721,1 1328,5 12770,5 6730,7 23812,3
Str. G.,G.of Kavala-
Thassos and Sea of
Thraki 4757,5 1131,1 4168,9 3825,4 13009,5 26892,4
Islands of Lesvos,
Chios Samos and
Ikaria 516,2 275,9 218,4 716,5 391,7 2118,7
Dodekanissos 54,4 194,2 46,0 73,6 590,6 958,7
Kyklades 730,2 924,9 663,6 690,1 602,7 3611,5
Kriti 315,6 350,8 337,8 625,9 195,2 1825,4
Regarding “Number of years without catches” for Cephalopods (Table3) results
can be analyzed from both Economical and Biological perspectives. Economical
view may concern Skippers, fishermen, local and national wealth etc. and on the
other hand Biological view that can be related to Ecological one as well, may refer to
lack of sustainability, risk of depletion and risk of extinction of fish species. The
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results concerning areas shows that Areas of “Gulf of Kyparissia and Gulf of
Messinia” and “Gulf of Lakonia” include the highest risk of all areas since the
percentage of years without catches is 38,36 and 23,29, respectively. Especially for
Flying Squid and Cuttlefish, in the first area, the percentage is much bigger since in 8
out of 12 years catches are missing while for species Poulp in the second area there
are catches for only two years.
Table 3. Number of years without catches
Cephalopods
Flying Common Cuttle
Area name squid squid Poulp fish Octopus Total %
Coasts of Ipiros and Kerkyra 3 0 0 0 0 3 4,11
Amvrakikos Gulf and coasts
of Lefkada island 2 0 0 2 1 5 6,85
Coasts of Kefalonia,
Zakynhos and Gulf of Patra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gulf of Kyparissia and Gulf
of Messinia 8 4 8 4 4 28 38,36
Gulf of Lakonia 3 0 10 0 4 17 23,29
Gulf of Argolida and
Saronikos Gulf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gulf of Korinthia 0 1 2 3 3 9 12,33
Gulf of S and N. Evia-Gulf of
Lamia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagassitikos Gulf 0 2 5 1 0 8 10,96
Eastem coasts of Evia and
Sporades islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thermaikos Gulf and Gulf of
Chalkidiki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Str. G.,G.of Kavala-Thassos
and Sea of Thraki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Islands of Lesvos, Chios
Samos and Ikaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dodekanissos 0 0 2 1 0 3 4,11
Kyklades 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kriti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 16 7 27 11 12
% 21,92 9,59 36,99 15,07 16,44
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Pertinent to Totals (Sum) in Table1 the most important species of Cephalopods,
economically, are Cuttlefish (26042,9 metric tons) which is widespread in almost all
fishing areas (Table3) even though it lacks of sustainability and Octopus (28161,8
metric tons) that is relatively sustainable and widespread as well.
Comparing Aegean see areas to Ionian see ones, according to Table 3, it is
obvious that the 1st one is more sustainable as it concerns biodiversity.
4 Conclusion
This type of research gives the opportunity to study changes of catch quantities by
species and by areas in time. It may constitute an essential tool to support decision
making on sea fishery resources and related economical activities.
Scientists as marine biologists, ecologists, economists etc. have to take into
consideration such studies and advise people in charge of governments and local
authorities to take measures for sustainable fishery as well as social measures for
supporting people that will probably be out of work for a certain period of time, in
accordance with their suggestions.
If all these parties work in co-operation, the sea fishery sector will be sustainable
and continue to provide the nutritious sea fish to the people, jobs to fishermen and
support to local and national economies.
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