Catch analysis of the speed boat fishery in the united arab emirates
International Journal of Development Research
Catch analysis of the speed boat fishery in the united arab emirates
Received 14th December, 2020; Received in revised form10th December, 2020; Accepted 24th January, 2021; Published online 28th February, 2021
Copyright © 2020, Elsayed Farrag et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A survey was conducted aimed to investigate the speed boat fishery from the main landing sites along the coastal area of the United Arab Emirates. Data was collected through 1827 fishing vessel (speed boat) during the fishing season 2020. The results revealed that, the fishing gears used in speed boat were: trap, net and hand-line. For each gear, species composition, catch size and catch per unit effort were estimated. The results stated the traditional traps had a major catch in speed boat fishery and constitute 57.0% followed by nets 28.0% and hand-line with 15%. Of 33 fish families caught by different fishing gear, the dominant families in mass were Scombridae (20.0%), Lethrinidae (19.0%), Carangidae (16.0%) and Serranidae (8.0%). The highest species composition was: Lethrinus nebulosus (7.9%), Scomberomorus commerson & Lethrinus lentjan (7.2% for each) and Rastrelliger kanagurta (6.5%).
