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Prof. Sahar Fahmy Youssef Mehanna

 

Prof. Sahar Fahmy Youssef Mehanna

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Egypt

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Biography:

Director of Suez and Aqaba Gulfs Branch and Head of Fish Population Dynamics and stock assessment lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries NIOF, P. O. Box 182, Suez, Egypt.
 

Education:

1997 Ph.D. (The study of biology and population dynamics of Lethrinus mahsena in the Gulf of Suez), Faculty of Science, Zoology Department, Zagazig University.

1993 M.Sc., (Rational exploitation of kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus Bate, 1888 in the Gulf of Suez), Faculty of Science, Zoology Department, Zagazig University.

1985 B.Sc., (Excellent) Zoology Department - Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University.

 

Career history:

March, 2015: Director of Suez and Aqaba Gulfs Branch, NIOF

December 2014-March 2015: Head of Fisheries Division, NIOF

March 2013- December 2013: Stock Assessment Program advisor in TCP/SNG/3402 Capacity building in fisheries stock assessment in GCC Project, FAO, GCC and Yemen, FAO.

August 2013-Now: Head of Fish Population Dynamics Lab, NIOF, Egypt. 

Sep 2011- Sep 2013: Stock assessment and Fisheries management expert in Marine sciences and Fisheries Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Sultanate of Oman. 

2005 – 2011: Head of Fish Population Dynamics Lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries NIOF, Egypt.

Feb 2013-present: Professor in NIOF (Fisheries management and stock assessment). 2002 - 2012 Associate professor in NIOF (Fisheries management and stock assessment) 1997 – 2002 Researcher in NIOF

 

Books:

  • Lake Bardawil (As a part of project for the conservation of wetland and coastal ecosystems in the Mediterranean region, (MedWetCoast)
  • Manzala lake fisheries (As a part of the project of coastal zone management for Port Said)
  • Biology and population dynamics of genus Trachurus around the world (Elsevier)

           Vulnerability of Agriculture, Water and Fisheries to Climate Change: Toward Sustainable                           Adaptation Strategies (Springer)   
 

Research Interest:

Fish Population Dynamics and aquatic resources assessment

Fish stock assessment

Fisheries biology

Concepts of aquatic ecology

Trophic modeling of aquatic ecosystems

Population dynamics of marine invertebrates with emphasis on shrimp, cuttlefish and crabs

Application of (predictive) fisheries yield models

Ecosystem management