A study on by-catch of experimental Beach Sein in Ras Sader, North Suez Gulf, Egypt. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 28, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 331-339 PDF (522.28 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2019.28461 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed S. Abd El-Naby; Azza El-Ganainy; Maaly A. Mohamed; Mohammad El-Mor | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The by-catch of the experimental beach seine operating in Ras Sader coast, north Gulf of Suez during the period from autumn 2017 to summer 2018 was investigated. The by-catch amount 3-5 Kg per haul composed of fin fish species (89.6%) and shrimps (10.4%). About 25 fin fish species belong to 16 families; composed of two categories 20 juvenile of the commercially important species (40.6 %) and 5 low valued species (59.4%). Ostorhinchus fasciatus, Apogonichthyoides taeniatus, Leiogn-athus berbis, Leiognathus elongates, Encrasicholina punctifer, Nemipterus japonicus and Trachurus indicus dominated the assemblage of 25 species and contributed 73.1% of all sampled fishes. About 34.4% of juvenile of the commercially important species were recruitment in spring; 30.1% in summer 2018, 19.7% in autumn 2017 and 15.7% in winter. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| by-catch; Ras Sader; Beach Seine; North Gulf of Suez | ||
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