ANALYSIS OF TilE COMMERCIAL TIlAWL CATcn OF TilE ARAUIAN GULF

ANALYSIS OF TilE COMMERCIAL TIlAWL CATcn
OF TilE ARAUIAN GULF
II. M. EL-SEDFY”‘, A.A. AJ-SAYES””” AND N.A. AL-BAKER”””‘”
*Fish Garden. Zamalek. Cairo. Egypt .

••National Institute of Oceanography 6 Fish .• Alexandria. Egypt.

***Department of Fish .• Ministry of Industry and Agriculture. boha, Qatar.

ABSTRACT
The study was concentrated on the analysis of
the total catch of the fishing vessel (f/v) Gazelle
during the years 1977 an~ 1978 • The annual landing
amounted to about 197 and 253 tons. respectively.
It was found that the groupers (family Serranldae).
and the seabreams (family lethrlnidae) together
contributed about half the total yield. The goat
fl sh (famll y Hulll dae) and the jacks (family
Carangldae) together gave more than 201 of the
catch. The threadfln breams (family Hemlpterldae)
and barracuda (family Sphyrinldae) together
contributed about 131. The rest were some marketable
fish amounting to nearly 171 of the total catch.