Title: Summary of the study on tuna fishing in the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt

Biography:

Director of projects management at General Authority for fish resources development in Suez Canal University, Egypt

Abstract

 

Egyptian territorial waters by vessels long liner , licensing the Damietta fisheries.The aim of the study is to allocate an international quota to Egypt from fishing for blue tuna.This study resulted, after officials from the fisheries and the Institute of Marine Sciences communicated with international organizations, to allocate an international quota for Egypt to catch tuna fish from the Ikat organization in 2010.The second study began in 2015 on fishing for Albacore tuna from the Egyptian territorial waters by vessels long liner , licensed by the Damietta Fisheries Office.The number of 40 long liner vessels that catch these fish from the month of 6 to the month of 9 annually, using the long liner thread, number one from 100 to 140, and the use of the hook, number 7 and number 8, and the fishing output ranged from one boat to another and from one trip to another from the weight of 1 ton to 3 tons For one trip, it was estimated that the quantity of tuna fish caught in the type of albacore for this year was about 600 tons (this is what we were able to count)

The aim of the study / is to inventory the quantities of Albacore tuna fish caught in preparation for the experiment of manufacturing tuna fish locally in the form of canned.