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Fishes taken by the beach seines fishing at Lumley, Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Author(s) -
Okera W.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1978.tb04153.x
Subject(s) - pelagic zone , fishery , sierra leone , fishing , wet season , geography , juvenile , biology , ecology , ethnology , history
From July 1974–May 1976, observations were made on the catches of beach seines fishing at Lumley, Freetown. The larger species caught were counted and the abundance of the smaller species was qualitatively assessed. Sixty‐four species were recorded. The pelagic species Sardinella eba (juvenile and young stages), Cybium tritor, Caranx carangus, Caranx senegalus and Caranx crysos dominated the catches. Chloroscombrus chrysurus, V. setapinnis and B. auritus were caught in large quantities during the rainy season (May‐October) and they were also present during February. Young Sphyraena piscatorum and Caranx senegalus also appeared during the rainy season and they probably represented broods spawned during the preceding months of September to February.