Journal Article

Richesse spécifique et abondance du peuplement ichtyologique de l'Aire Marine Protégée de Joal- Fadiouth au Sénégal

Faye, Elhadji, Sarr, Serigne Modou, Ndiaye, Mamadou, Diedhiou, Djibril Keita

2018

Overview

The objectives of the study were to determine the specific richness and abundance of the fish population of Joal Fadiouth's Protected Marine Area (MPA) in Senegal. To obtain a representative view of the spatial distribution of the fish fauna of the Joal-Fadiouth MPA, we chose to sample at three sites in particular the Gaskel, Church and Mbar Assane stations. Experimental fisheries are conducted between 2014 and 2015 during the four hydrological seasons of each year, including cold (April), cold warm (June), warm (August) and cold (November). Three types of fishing gear, namely a purse seine (ST), an encircling mesh (FME) mesh 12 mm stretched and a longline (P) were used separately from one station to another, each station. It allowed us to identify the different species and their distribution in the MPA. A total of 70 species were recorded between the different experimental fishing stations in both zones. These species are divided into 60 genera belonging to 38 families. The species of Sciaenidae and Carangidae are the most numerous with respectively 9 and 7 species, followed by Sparidae, Clupeidae and Tetraodontidae with 5 species for the first and 3 species for each of the other two.

• Publisher: International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
• Subject: Fisheries / Fishing / Hydrology / Spatial distribution / Stations