M. Osman, H., A. Saber, M., A. El ganainy, A., M. Shaaban, A. (2020). Fisheries biology of the haffara bream Rhabdosaragus haffara (Family: Sparidae) in Suez Bay, Egypt.. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 24(4), 361-372. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2020.99634
Hanan M. Osman; Mahmoud A. Saber; Azza A. El ganainy; Amgad M. Shaaban. "Fisheries biology of the haffara bream Rhabdosaragus haffara (Family: Sparidae) in Suez Bay, Egypt.". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 24, 4, 2020, 361-372. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2020.99634
M. Osman, H., A. Saber, M., A. El ganainy, A., M. Shaaban, A. (2020). 'Fisheries biology of the haffara bream Rhabdosaragus haffara (Family: Sparidae) in Suez Bay, Egypt.', Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 24(4), pp. 361-372. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2020.99634
M. Osman, H., A. Saber, M., A. El ganainy, A., M. Shaaban, A. Fisheries biology of the haffara bream Rhabdosaragus haffara (Family: Sparidae) in Suez Bay, Egypt.. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2020; 24(4): 361-372. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2020.99634
Fisheries biology of the haffara bream Rhabdosaragus haffara (Family: Sparidae) in Suez Bay, Egypt.
Family Sparidae is considered as one of the most commercial families of the small scale fishery of Suez bay. A Total of 800 specimens of Rhabdosaragus haffara were collected from the Suez bay landing site, El-salakhana, during the fishing season 2018-2019. The length-weight relationship equation is W=0.014L3.02 indicating an isometric growth. Age was determined by reading otoliths and revealed that the population has five age groups. The Von Bertlanffy equation was as follow; Lt = 27 (1-e-0.43(t+0.27)). Length at first capture LC= 13.0cm. The growth performance index (Φ) was estimated as 2.49. Total mortality was estimated to be Z=1.7, natural mortality is M=0.65, fishing mortality F= 1.05, and Exploitation rate is E= 0.62.The target and limit biological reference points are: FOpt=0.32 year−1 and FLimit = 0.43 year−1. Exploitation rate, FOpt, and FLimit indicated that the stock of R. haffara in Suez bay is overexploited and threatened.