Title : Catch species and selectively of the most common species of the artesanal fishing from the Southern Red Sea, Egypt
Abstract:
The Red Sea is narrow sea and elongated and one of the most resources for this meat and the most families have been loving are considered the coral reef fish and they are the main target species for fishermen, tourist and consumers. The artisanal fishery is one of the common fishing gear were used in the Red Sea, fishing area. It is including longline, gill and trammels nets. The sampling was collected form the landing site at Shalatin and Abu-Ramad located at Southern Red Sea, form September 2021 to Jun 2022, the present study was interested with the common commercial species. The size of hook various form 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 types, while gill net is 20 pieces and mesh size is 1.5 cm, while trammel net were inner layer 3 and outer layer 7 cm. The sampling fishes were identified, counted and measurements were taken (total length (TL) measured in to the nearest centimeter) of each locally caught fish. The per cent of the total sampling were estimated. The 9456 fish individuals were identified, recorded, and measured, belonging to 96 species, and 16 families. Sixteen families were represented in the current study landing site, namely; Serrinidae (23%) is the most occurrence in catch, then followed by Lethrinidae, Scaridae, while the less family Chanidae and Terapontidae were represented 0.846 and 1.015, respectively. The Pearson correlation between families were significant and non-significant for most species and no there any significant between others family which is less occurrence in this study, this will provide the basic data for the percentage catch of the most target species in 2022.
