An Overview of the Commercial Catch from Beach Seine Fishing Method in the Southern Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt

Sabrah, Manal Moustafa; Hassan, Mohamed; Madkour, Fedekar Fadel; El-sayed Ahmed Kassem, Mohamed

doi:10.21608/ejabf.2025.424174.6587

An Overview of the Commercial Catch from Beach Seine Fishing Method in the Southern Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Fisheries, NIOF, Suez Branch

² Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port said University

³ Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University

⁴ Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

10.21608/ejabf.2025.424174.6587

Abstract

The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most novel habitats with a high diversity of marine species. This study presents detailed quantitative and qualitative description of the beach seine netting commercial catch caught from the southern coast of Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. In total, more than 2 tons of commercial catch were collected from 2018 to 2021. The current study represents the first of its kind to cover such an extended period along Port Said shoreline and the amount of commercial catch from this method. The study demonstrated that the collected catch has a variety of traits, since the fish and macroinvertebrate species constituted of different families. The study identified 41 fish and macroinvertebrate species, which belong to 13 orders and 23 families. There was a noticeable seasonal catch variation, where the seasonal catch of beach seine varied between the highest catch of 501kg/ haul in autumn and the lowest one 132kg/ haul in winter.

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