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<p>Research trials were carried out in the Samsun shelf region, where snail fishing is most common, in summer and autumn. The design of the net in the trap trials was inspired by the model used in South Korea. In the trials, the traps were kept in the sea for 24, 48, and 72 hours. According to the findings, an average of 0.31, 0.13, and 0.10 kg/day/basket were caught in the summer period, and an average of 0.15, 0.06, and 0.04 kg/day/basket in the fall for all three holding periods, respectively. In terms of catch per unit effort (CPUE) compared to the traditional beam trawler, economically satisfactory results could not be obtained.</p>
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Research trials were carried out in the Samsun shelf region, where snail fishing is most common, in summer and autumn. The design of the net in the trap trials was inspired by the model used in South Korea. In the trials, the traps were kept in the sea for 24, 48, and 72 hours. According to the findings, an average of 0.31, 0.13, and 0.10 kg/day/basket were caught in the summer period, and an average of 0.15, 0.06, and 0.04 kg/day/basket in the fall for all three holding periods, respectively. In terms of catch per unit effort (CPUE) compared to the traditional beam trawler, economically satisfactory results could not be obtained.

An Evaluation of the Success and Failure of Traps Designed for Exotic Sea Snail (<italic>Rapana venosa</italic>) Fishing Located on the South-Eastern Black Sea Coast

Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Science and Arts

Istambul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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An Evaluation of the Success and Failure of Traps Designed for Exotic Sea Snail () Fishing Located on the South-Eastern Black Sea Coast

Research trials were carried out in the Samsun shelf region, where snail fishing is most common, in summer and autumn. The design of the net in the trap trials...

An Evaluation of the Success and Failure of Traps Designed for Exotic Sea Snail (Rapana venosa) Fishing Located on the South-Eastern Black Sea Coast

Published Online: Jul 16, 2023

Page range: 27 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2023-0002

Keywords
South-eastern Black Sea, sea snail, basket fishery, CPUE

© 2023 Mustafa Zengin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Evaluation of the Success and Failure of Traps Designed for Exotic Sea Snail (Rapana venosa) Fishing Located on the South-Eastern Black Sea Coast

Published Online: Jul 16, 2023

Page range: 27 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2023-0002

KeywordsSouth-eastern Black Sea, sea snail, basket fishery, CPUE

© 2023 Mustafa Zengin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
South-eastern Black Sea, sea snail, basket fishery, CPUE