TITLE:
Reforming Provisional (2007-2008) Sarotherodon galilaeus Landing Decline in Lake Kinneret (Israel)
AUTHORS:
Moshe Gophen
KEYWORDS:
S. galilaeus, Landing, Plankton, Nutrients, Kinneret
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Hydrology,
Vol.8 No.1,
January
8,
2018
ABSTRACT: The background for the case analysis of the present paper is the landing
decline of Sarotherodon galilaeus during 2007-2008 to the annual level of -term analysis of entire environmental conditions.
The results indicatively highlight that, as other fluctuations of limnological
parameters (Plankton, Nutrients) in Lake Kinneret, the fishery decline of S.
galilaeus is attributed to normal periodical cyclic trends. Therefore, a
recommendation that was submitted as a total fishing ban for three years was
strongly opposed. The total fishing ban recommendation was rejected because
further demolishing processes within the ecosystem were predicted. This
conclusion was justified later (2011-2016) when annual landings came to the normal level.
Conclusive recommendations considered that the fishing ban was indicated as
“Ecological Disorder” and its replacement by controlled fishing policy as
“Order Policy” was successfully implemented.