Summary review of Red Sea commercial fisheries catches and stock assessments including maps of actual and potential fishing grounds
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Available literature concerning the Red Sea commercial fisheries is examined, from which a summary of information concerning catches, catch rates, species compositions, extent and locations of fishing grounds and stock assessments is presented, in respect to each main category of fisheries type and country. It is tentatively concluded that the potential Red Sea yield is some 160.000 tons annually, of which 56% is expected to result from the application of artisanal methods, 23% from trawling and the rest possibly from purse seining. The southern half of the Red Sea is seen as considerably more productive than the northern part, with the exception of the Gulf of Suez.