AN ECONOMIC I\Vt"ATIOi'J Pi· 1 !\':F EDKU

AN ECONOMIC I\Vt”ATIOi’J Pi· 1 !\’:F EDKU
IBnAIJIM /I. 1:1, r ” ‘”

InstItute Of Oceanography and fisheries ..”r•• ndr’ •. Egypt.

ABSTRACT
fIshery exploItatIon In take Edku consIsts of
three maIn methods: Nets, Hooks and WIre Traps.
EconomIc efffclency of these “”,th~a$ can be arranged
fn decreasIng order as ~o\b.’, \-lIre Traps (4.5).
Hooks (3.6) and Nets (1.9).
Economfc effectfveness of fishery expl~ltatfon
In take Edku was 1~ 12.6). ThIs was due to fncreasfng
ffshfng costs an~ decreasIng fIsh productIon at
hIgh varlabltlty (80.61) as a result of densfttes
of the heavy growths of hydrophytes. Cons~quently
development of fhhery management In this take would
necessftate workfn~ out of the. program. espedally
as regards ffshery exploftatfon. as well as of proper
pol fey toward lake f1sherfes.