Bio-diversity

Bardawil Lagoon is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by three openings; two of them are man-made "artificial" inlets, which named "Boughaz I" at the western side and "Boughaz II" at the middle side, whilst the third one is natural opening and located at the eastern side at El-Zaranik Protectorate area. The two artificial inlets are opened periodically by dredging. During Israeli occupation of Sinai in 1967, both inlets were closed by 1970. Thus, the salinity of the lagoon undergoes drastic increase reached up to 70 - 90 (Pisanty 1980). The inlets were reopened from 1972 till 1978. Nowadays the most eastern end of Bardawil Lagoon around Zaranik is known as Lake Zaranik which consists of a series of open channels are present between islands and mud flats and therefore a number of man-made saltpans have been formed (Variy 1990). Activities of this project: 1-sustainable management of fisheries in Zaranik Protectorate and lake Bardawil.2-trainig of technicians for monitoring programmes. 3- Establishment of a reference collections museum and data bank for biodiversity. the aim of fishery menagment is to remove the "right" number of fish of the "right" size so that the remaining stock can manke the most efficient use of the avalible food, this often referred to as obtaining the maxmimum sustainable yield. because of the fisheries is important socio-economic activity in lake bardawil. stock assesment of important fish species will be determined assesment of carrying capacity of the lake for fish

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