Atotal of 928 slimy mackerel Scomber japonicus was collected from the Gulf of Suez during the fishing season 2000/2001. Age, growth, mortality, relative yield per recruit and biomass per recruit were studied. Age was determined by otolith-reading technique and was found to be four years. The values of the von Bertalanffy growth
parameters were K = 0.48 year"1 and L^ = 33.06 cm. The mean total mortality coefficient "Z" was found to be 1.24 year"1. The natural mortality coefficient "M" was estimated as 0.22 year"1. Exploitation rate E was estimated as 0.82. The relative yield per recruit and biomass per recruit analysis showed that the stock of Scomber japonicus in the Gulf of Suez is overexploited and the fishing mortality should be decreased while length and age at first capture should be increased.