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¹ Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Dept. of Fish Capture Technology, 35440 Urla/ İzmir, Türkiye
² Aydın Adnan Menders University, Bozdoğan Vocational School, Bozdoğan/ Aydın, Türkiye DOI : 10.4194/TRJFAS25819 Viewed : 340 - Downloaded : 271 This study presents the species composition of fish caught using gill/trammel nets in the Bodrum and surrounding areas on the coasts of the southern Aegean Sea, along with the fish catch per unit effort (CPUE) values by fishing area and seasonality. Five types of set nets were examined: gillnets for the bogue (Boops boops) fishing, trammel nets for the common sole (Solea solea) fishing, bottom trammel nets, bottom gillnets, and trammel nets for the red mullet (Mullus barbatus) fishing. Among these, gillnets used for bogue fishing are primarily deployed near fish cages. The study revealed that the highest average CPUE values of gill nets were 50.3±8.3 kg.1000 m-1 in spring and 64.5±24.9 kg.1000 m-1 around the sea cages, attributed to the increased presence of bogue, particularly during the spring season. Keywords : CPUE Bycatch Exotic species Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea