Octopus

There are no good stock estimates of octopus in this area. Because octopuses grow fast and reproduce fast, they are not very vulnerable to overfishingOverfishing:
There is so much fish caught that the size of the stock has diminished so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . Despite this, the available data shows that the stock is overfished.

Fishing with clay pots on octopus is a very selective method with almost no damage to the seabed. Octopuses use the pots as a hiding place.

There is little information about the management of this fishery in Mauritania and Senegal, but it seems to not be very effective.

Because octopuses grow fast and reproduce fast, they are not very vulnerable to overfishingOverfishing:
There is so much fish caught that the size of the stock has diminished so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . Despite this, they are overfished on many places and there is a decrease in the stockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period.  sizes observable. Because octopuses [spawn] in schools, they can be caught easily.

Fishing with clay pots on octopus is a very selective method with almost no damage to the seabed. Octopuses use the pots as a hiding place.

There is almost no management for octopus, but it is welcome because of the economic and ecologic value. It is however difficult to determine the size of an octopus stock, because they hide in cracks in the rocks. In addition, there is too little money for research on these cephalopods, despite the economic value of the cephalopod fishery.

Because octopuses grow fast and reproduce fast, they are not very vulnerable to overfishingOverfishing:
There is so much fish caught that the size of the stock has diminished so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . Despite this, they are overfished on many places and there is a decrease in the stockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period.  sizes observable. Because octopuses [spawn] in schools, they can be caught easily.

[Bottom otter trawls] have an impact on the seabed and there is often bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards).  of undersizedUndersized fish:
Fish smaller than a prescribed minimum size. These sizes are determined per species and per country. For Europe, a minimum landing size applies to all EU Member States.  and [non-target species].

There is almost no management for octopus, but it is welcome because of the economic and ecologic value. It is however difficult to determine the size of an octopus stock, because they hide in cracks in the rocks. In addition, there is too little money for research on these cephalopods, despite the economic value of the cephalopod fishery.