Aquaculture Studies
2014, Vol 14, Num, 1 (Pages: 013-022)
Determination of Fisheries Method Applied to the Crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823) Population in Keban Dam Lake
2 Tunceli Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Tunceli, Türkiye DOI : 10.17693/yunus.14655 Viewed : 3295 - Downloaded : 2981 This study was carried out to determine the structural characteristics of crayfish fisheries boats and equipments used in the Keban Dam Lake as well as the amount of power used for fisheries and fishing efficiency. The study includes the survey application and researches for 28 fishermen engaged with crayfish fisheries in Keban Dam Lake. Crayfish fisheries season of 2012, for four region (Ağın, Çemişgezek, Keban and Kemaliye) has been determined 28 boats made crayfish fisheries, using total of 45,600 crayfish fyke nets and reigned16,867 kgcrayfish in Keban Dam Lake. The amount of catch per unit effort was found to be for the region of Ağın 4.91, for the region of Keban 7.09, for the region of Çemişgezek 6.16 and for the region of Kemaliye 2.94 and all of the dam reservoir is 5.74 g/fyke net/day. Keywords : crayfish,Keban Dam Lake,fisheries