Descrição da pesca artesanal de Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier,1830) e Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) capturados pelo palangre e emalhe do fundo no Centro de Pesca de Zalala.

Abstract

The present study was carried out on the basis of fieldwork for the collection of data from catches landed at the Zalala fishing center in the Province of Zambézia, including the bottom gillnet and longline, from March to July and aimed at Describe the dynamics of the artisanal fishing of Pomadasys kaakan and Otolithes ruber caught by longline and bottom gill in the fishing center of Zalala. For fishery characterization, direct observations and structured interviews were made to the fishermen in order to know the type of vessels, number of fishermen, number and sizes of hooks, mesh size, hours of fishing, for estimation of catch and fishing effort, were Recorded data of the catch in weight per individual, using a balance of 26kg capacity with an accuracy of 0.1kg on each landing and counts of active and non-active gear were taken. And it was verified that only men practice the fishing activity for these arts in this fishing center. A total of 1138.65 kg of the longline recorded 750 kg more catches and 924 active fishing gears recorded the longline with 616 active gears and the month with the greatest effort was the month of March with 171 Active arts in the same art. Regarding the characterization of the population structure, a lower length for Otolithes ruber was observed in the bottom gill, a minimum of 12 cm, with a maximum length of 41 cm and an average length of 25, 6 cm, and for longlines the same species recorded a minimum of 19 cm, 39 Cm of maximum and an average of 31, 5 cm of length. For Pomadasys kaakan, a minimum of 28 cm, a maximum of 86 cm and an average length of 51, 8 cm in the bottom gill was observed, and a minimum of 12 cm, 85 cm maximum and 49, 9 cm long were recorded for longlines.