adiguna nugraha fish stock assessment

3/28/19
Reading assignment
Mehania, S. F. 2004. Maximum Sustainable Yield of The Round Herring, Etrumeus Teres and Slimy
Mackerel, Scomber Japonicus In the Gulf of Suez. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research.
Vol. 30(B): 322-325

Keywords: Round Herring, slimy mackerel, fishery statistic, surplus production models. Schaefer
model, maximum sustainable yield

Round herring and slimy mackerel contributed 25,27% and 11.05% of fishing in Gulf of Suez, where 76%
fishing gear using purse seine. Using Schaefer model to extract the fishery statistic as to calculate the MSY
and Fmsy for both species. Using data provided by General Authority for Fish Resources Development to
find the catch per unit effort for the fishing seasons from 1989/90 to 2001/02. There were 84 purse-
seiners with nets lengths between 200-300 m and depths between 50-80 m that operated in the Gulf of
Suez. Every vessel has crews ranged between 25 and 40 persons. Purse-seiner operated seasonally from
October to May, usually take 3 to 5 days to fishing in the beginning of the season, but in the of the season
they will about 10 days in the sea. Catch composition in the Gulf of Suez as follows: Trachurus indicus,
Decapterus macrosoma and D. maruadsi (39.27%); Etrumeus teres (25.27%); Sardinella gibbosa and S.
jussieui (11.18%); Scomber japonicus (11.05%); Rastrelliger kanagurta (2.98%) and useless fish were
grouped as others (10.25%). There was fluctuation of catch, fishing effort catch per unit effort of the
purse-seiner fishery in the Gulf of Suez. Assessing the fish stock by knowing the MSY of target fish can
results of a better allowable catch of both species. Using 2/3 of Fmsy as the referenced hopefully will keep
the stock biomass not overfish. However, based on the study in the Gulf of Suez the fish population were
over fishing. The leading cause of this event was the purse-seiners fishery industry in that area.