Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions
Central latitude: 31.911611
Central longitude: 34.392090
Duration: 28 years, from 1976 to 2010

16721 records

41 distinct species

Across the time series Penaeus japonicus is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Data is sourced directly from fishermen, biomass is total weight of individuals of the same species per haul.  Each unique sample is a haul - entered in this format as plot.  Data is extracted from fishing vessel log books and includes around 600 hauls per year.  Only commercial species are recorded however.

Citation(s)

van Rijn, I. “Trawl fisheries in the Israeli Mediterranean 1980-2013”. Accessed 2016.