El-Ganainy, A., Ahmed, A. (2002). 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, 6(1), 67-81. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2002.1728
Azza El-Ganainy; Ashraf Ahmed. "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, 6, 1, 2002, 67-81. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2002.1728
El-Ganainy, A., Ahmed, A. (2002). '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, 6(1), pp. 67-81. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2002.1728
El-Ganainy, A., Ahmed, A. 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, 2002; 6(1): 67-81. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2002.1728
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
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).