Assessment of Noncommercial Catch Caught by the Beach Seine Operating in the Southern Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Volume 29, Issue 6, November and December 2025, Pages 1-16 PDF (653.49 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2025.422267.6546 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed El-sayed Ahmed Kassem* 1; Mohamed I. Hassan2; Fedekar Fadel Madkour3; Manal Moustafa Sabrah4 | ||
| 1Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt | ||
| 2Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port said University | ||
| 3Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University | ||
| 4Fisheries, NIOF, Suez Branch | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Beach seine is one of the most common fishing gears along the southern Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. The low selectivity of this method leads to catching a high percentage of commercial juvenile fish, invertebrates and some endangered species. This study investigates the species composition and its quantity and highlights the impact of using this method along the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. In total, more than 6 tons of noncommercial were studied from 2018 to 2021 with some closing periods. About 60 hauls from beach seine were examined and more than 118,790 individuals were sorted belonging to 47 families and one class. This investigation identified 67 taxa including fish, in addition to the macroinvertebrate and other species. The economic and non-economic species represented 43 and 24 species, respectively. The economic juvenile species represented 64% of the noncommercial catch that made an alarm about the beach seine, an unsustainable marine fishing gear in the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. The current study is the first of its kind to cover such an extended period off Port Said and to document the amount of noncommercial catch obtained by that method. Consequently, urgent intervention and regulatory measures are essential to mitigate harmful practices along the Egyptian coasts. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Beach Seine; Noncommercial catch; Biodiversity; Commercial species; Port Said; Mediterranean Sea; Egypt | ||
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