GROWTH, MORTALITY AND YIELD-PER-RECRUIT OF THE RABBIT FISH, SIGANUS RJVULA TUS, FROM THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE GULF OF SUEZ, SINAI COAST, RED SEA | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||||
Article 4, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2002, Page 67-81 PDF (574.37 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2002.1728 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Azza El-Ganainy1; Ashraf Ahmed2 | ||||
1National Institute of Oceanography and fisheries, B.O. Box 182, Suez, | ||||
2Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Length-based methods were used to study the growth of the rabbit fish Siganus rivulatus, in the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez. A total of 600 specimens were collected from the small-scale artisnal fishery landed in Al-Tur region during the period from March 2000 to February 2001. Length frequency distributions were analyzed and normal components were discriminated. The estimated von Bertalanffy growth parameters were L« = 29.409 cm, K = 0.735 y-1 and .to - - 0.22 y. The growth performance index (G>) was 2.803. The instantaneous total, natural and fishing mortality coefficients were 3.15, 1.431 and 1.72 respectively! The Beverton and Holt (1966) yield-per-recmit model was conducted in order to evaluate the status of the fishery. The results indicated that the Siganus rivulatus resource in the Gulf of Suez is slightly overexploited (E = 0.55). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Siganus rivulatu; Growth; mortality; recruitment pattern; yield-per-recruit; South Sinai coast; Red Sea | ||||
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