Estimation of Bay of Famagusta Fish Stock Based on Recorded Catch of Trawl Fishing

摘要

Although the fish stocks of coastal sea areas are a subject of discussion in everyday life, there is not a wealth of quantitative information on fish stocks of coastal fishing areas. To estimate the fish stock of the Bay of Famagusta on the eastern shore of North Cyprus, the recorded daily catches of trawl fishers were used from 1989 to 1995. Fishing season spanned a period from September to May each year (270 d total, of which around 85 d ate suitable for trawling). Systematic observations have indicated that 65 distinct species existed in the waters fished (Atun 1999); this indication was verified by research performed by the Dokuz Eylul University of Turkey (Cihangir et al. 2002).