EVALUATION OF THE TRADITIONAL FISHING GEAR (HADDRAH) ALONG THE COASTALINE OF ARABIAN GULF IN SAUDI ARABIA | ||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||
| Article 5, Volume 28, Issue 8, August 2003, Pages 6011-6028 PDF (22.66 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2003.245039 | ||
| Author | ||
| A. A. Tharwat, | ||
| Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present work aims 10 evaluate the fishing efficiency of the traditional fishing gear. which has local name Haddrah and its effect on the fish stock productivity in the Arabian Gulf in Saudi Arabia during the period from April 2002 to April 2003. Haddrah is a type of inshore selting net. which constructed on the intertidal zone along the coastal line of the Arabian Gulf in Saudi Arabia. Naturally, moSI fishes swimming up to the inshore during the rising tide then they return to the sea during the ebb tide, which occur twice daily and many of them were inlerning to the trap of Haddrah, which called the Sirr. When the water level declines to about half meter during the ebb tide t.'1e fishermen harvesting many fish species (rom the Sirr. It was found from surveys that the majority of Haddrah traps are selling at AI·Oatil and AI· Ju!>il coasts. Water temperature and water salinity were estimated monthly and their relation with catch per unit effort were studied, it was found that the average fish catch Is highly effected by the water temperature than the water 63Iinil'/. Average ca'.ch of diurnal and night ebb tides during the different months of the year Ylere also stu1ied. Annual fish yield was determined, classified by species, fishes measured, weighted and biologically investigated. Also, exploited Haddrah traps were economically evaluated. The maximum fish yield was harvested during the autumn then spring then summer while the minimum catch was collect&d during the winter season. The yield was belonging to 26 families and classified to 48 fish species, two shrimp species, one species of squid fish and one species of crab. The present results indicated thai Haddrah has a highly efficiency for catching the yo:.sng and immature fishes. Consequently, the presenl research recommended that it must be exchange the Sirr nets of narrow mesh size (1cm) with nets of large mesh size (4cm) to prevent calch of young fishes and allow to reach their maturation to reproduce at least one time before catch. This may lead to developing the production of fishery resources of the Arabian Gulf on the long run in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fisheries; Fishing gear; Setting net. Trap. Haddrah; Arabian Gulf | ||
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