FISHERIES MANAGEMENT STUDIES ON THE BARDAWIL LAGOON, NORTHERN SINAI, EGYPT.

Document Type : Original Article

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National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez and Aqaba Gulfs Branch, Po. Box 182 Suez.

Abstract

The data of the present study on fisheries of the Bardawil Lagoon cover a successive 29 years from 1968 to 1996.
Two main fishing techniques are used at present; Bouss and Dabba. The surplus production model of Fox (1970) was
appl ied for measur ing the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and the corresponding exerted effort; fmax. The results
were MSY = 2251.907 tons and fmax = 653.268 Dabba units. For management according to f0.1 level; the maximum economic yield (MEY) attains 2190.122 tons and fMEY 511 Dabba units. It is clear that, at f0.1 level the MEY value realizes about 97 % of MSY value and reducing 61.687 tons or 2.74 % of yield, while the reduction of fishing effort reaches about 22 % at f0.1 level. 

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