VII. International Congress on Domestic Animal Breeding, Genetics and Husbandry, Krakow, Polonya, 18 Eylül - 20 Ekim 2023, ss.115-117
White seabream Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the economic and common species in theNorthern Aegean Sea. And it has wide geographical distribution from Bay of Biscay to Angola in theEastern Atlantic, and from Gibraltar to to Black Sea. This study indicated that the reprodcutive biology of Diplodus sargus, White seabream in the Northeastern Aegean Sea. The specimens were obtained by a small-scale fisherman between August 2020 and July 2021 around Northeastern coasts of Turkiye. Total of 322 specimens were analysed. It was determined that 143 female and 176 male individuals. The female:male ratio was calculated as 0.8:1.0. The length as first maturity (L50) was determined as 22.69 cm for females, 25.2 cm for males, respectively. The GSI value was maximum in May and minimum was is August for females and maximum April and minimum in October for males. The mean total fecundity and the fecundity-length relationship equation was calculated as 64446±10505 and F=15001*TL-311254, respectively. It has been determined that the breeding season of White seabream takes place between February and June.