<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: TR;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA" lang="EN-US">Preliminary study of A Bycatch of pelagic trawl fishery in the southern Black Sea Coast of Turkey: Moon jellyfish <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Aurelia aurita</i></span>

Abstract

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" "times="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:="" tr;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Present study was carried out in Southern Black Seaduring October 2008 and total 22 midwater trawl nets were towed.Horse mackerel (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Trachurusmediterraneus</i>) and moon jellyfish (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Aurelia aurita</i>)were caught by midwater trawl12 768 kg and 6415 kg respectively in the experiments. There are significant differences onthe mean length of horse mackerel in the hauls (p<0.05).Deadjellyfishcan increase the riskof pollutionin the Black Sea which is incidentalcaptured by the nets. </span>