A study on by-catch of experimental Beach Sein in Ras Sader, North Suez Gulf, Egypt.

S. Abd El-Naby, Ahmed; El-Ganainy, Azza; A. Mohamed, Maaly; El-Mor, Mohammad

doi:10.21608/ejabf.2019.28461

A study on by-catch of experimental Beach Sein in Ras Sader, North Suez Gulf, Egypt.

Document Type : Original Article

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10.21608/ejabf.2019.28461

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.

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