Catch analysis of the lessepsian fish species in Banias coast-Syria
Abstract
The aim of this study is to shed light on fish catch in Banias port through analyzing catches of / 15 / homogeneous fishing boats, to show the development of the lessepsian fish catch in this port. The boats were selected randomly and data were collected during the productive season: July 2019 to June 2020, at an average of /4/ times a month for each boat.
The data were analyzed statistically to estimate the best fishing method that achieves the highest percentage of the lessepsian fish species landings within this port.
The results showed that the pot-fishing method is the most feasible way to catch Lessepsian fish, and the highest percentage of the Lessepsian fish catches was during June (11.9%) . The percentage of the poisonous species in the landings was about 5.1% of the total Lessepsian fish catches.
The Siganus rivulatus (Forsskal,1775) species achieved the highest percentage in the studied Lessepsian catch ( 20.1%) in Banias port during the studied period, while the marine Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) species constituted the lowest percentage (0.6%) of the total species catch.
The total quantities caught by nets over the 12 months period constituted the largest percentage within the studied catch, amounting to 52.8% of the catch achieved by the fishing methods used. The quantities caught by nets over the same 12 months period constituted the largest percentage, amounting to 64.4% of the catch achieved by the fishing methods used.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The authors retain the copyright and grant the right to publish in the magazine for the first time with the transfer of the commercial right to the Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Biological Sciences Series
Under a CC BY- NC-SA 04 license that allows others to share the work with of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors can use a copy of their articles in their scientific activity, and on their scientific websites, provided that the place of publication is indicted in Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Biological Sciences Series . The Readers have the right to send, print and subscribe to the initial version of the article, and the title of Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Biological Sciences Series Publisher
journal uses a CC BY-NC-SA license which mean
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
