EFFECT OF POLLUTION ON THE FISHERY GROUND ADJACENT TO ALEXANDRIA.

EFFECT OF POLLUTION ON THE FISHERY GROUND

ADJACENT TO ALEXANDRIA.

M.L. EL-IlElIY AWI
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries.

Kayet Bey. Alexandria. Egypt:

ABSTRACT
The coastal water adjacent to Alexandria and in Abu-Kir Bay
are influenced by restricting the Nile discharge after 1965.
The hydrological and chemical characteristics changed significantly
and the changes were associated with sharp decline in the
productivity of the area and fish landings. The pollutants
disposed in these localities added complex changes according
to their chemical composition and field of distribution. Attempt
to identify the kinds and localities of spreading of pollutants
as well as their effect upon the living organisms. revealed local
spreading and’ changes in the zooplankton conmunity as well as
tile fish catch.