Evaluation of Fishery Status and Some Biological Aspects of Striped Piggy, Pomadasys stridens from Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt

Mehanna Et Al., Sahar F.

doi:10.21608/ejabf.2023.330367

Evaluation of Fishery Status and Some Biological Aspects of Striped Piggy, Pomadasys stridens from Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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Sahar F. Mehanna et al.

10.21608/ejabf.2023.330367

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the fishery status of the most common species of the family Haemulidae, Pomadasys stridens in the Gulf of Suez. This species lives mainly in marine waters and is associated with coral reefs worldwide. The von Bertalanffy growth coefficients L∞, K and t_0, as well as the instantaneous annual rates of total, natural and fishing mortality were estimated, and thus the exploitation rate was determined and compared with the optimal one to assess the status of the striped piggy fishery in the Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt. P. stridens samples were collected monthly from commercial fishing vessels at the Ataqa landing site and the local fish market in Suez city. The present results revealed that the stock of striped piggy in the Gulf of Suez appears to be overexploited since the current fishing mortality is higher than the biological reference points F_opt (0.5 M) and F_limit(2/3 M). Thus a fishing mortality reduction is necessary in order to avoid future loss in stock productivity and landings.

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