The investigation of the equipment used in small-scale fisheries in rize city

In this thesis, it was aimed to determine the structural and technical properties of the fishing equipment used for fish catching in the Rize City between July in 2011 and 2012.Eight fishermen cooperatives and total 482 members of these cooperatives have been identified in the coastal of Rize center. The numbers of fishing boats were found to be 335 units in the city center. The fishing equipment used in small-scale fisheries in the center of Rize has been identified as multifilament gillnets and trammelnets.During the study, a hundred of different netting has been examined. As a result of the review, it has determined that gillnets and trammelnets use in the coastal fishing. The nets used in the region have same technical and structural differences. These nets were 5 gillnets and 4 trammelnets. Ratios of gillnets and trammelnets was % 56 and % 44 respectively. In the coastal region of Rize City, These nets were used % 20 in the day and % 80 in the night times. These nets are usually called according to fish species that were catches.Key Words: Rize, coastal fishing, gillnets, trammelnets.