SPECIES COMPOSITION AND SIZE STRUCTURE OF EXPERIMENTAL BEACH SEIN BY-CATCH IN EION MOUSSA, NORTH GULF OF SUEZ, EGYPT | ||
| Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science | ||
| Article 11, Volume 2018, Issue 12, December 2018, Pages 39-47 PDF (646.54 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/absb.2018.33817 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed S. Abd EL-Naby* 1; Azza El-Ganainy2; Maaly A. Mohamed3; Mohammad El-Mor4 | ||
| 1Fish Biology and Ecology Department, Central Lab for Aquaculture Research, Abassa, Abu Hammad, Sharkia, Egypt. | ||
| 2National Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries, NIOF, Suez Branch, Suez, Egypt | ||
| 3Fish Biology and Ecology Department, Central Lab for Aquaculture Research, Abassa, Abu Hammad, Sharkia, Egypt | ||
| 4Marine science department, University of Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The by-catch of the experimental beach seine operating in Eion Moussa coast, north Gulf of Suez during the period from autumn 2017 to summer 2018 was analyzed. The by-catch amount 3-5 Kg per haul composed of fin fish species (84.3%) and shrimp (15.7%). About 17 fin fish species belonged to 14 families composed of two categories 13 juvenile of the commercially important species (30.6 %) and 4 low valued species (69.4%). Leiognathus berbis, Leiognathus elongates, Stolephorus pacificus and Istigobius ornatus dominated the assemblage of 17 species and contributed 69.37% of all sampled fishes. About 41.19% of juvenile of the commercially important species were recruitment in summer 2018, 48.26% in autumn and spring and 10.55 % in winter. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Experimental beach Seine; Juvenile fish; North Gulf of Suez; by Catch | ||
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