Growth, mortality and yield per recruit model of picarel (Spicara smaris L.) on the eastern Turkish Black Sea coast

Ismen A.

Fisheries Research, vol.22, pp.299-308, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/0165-7836(95)94955-p
  • Journal Name: Fisheries Research
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.299-308
  • Keywords: GROWTH, FISH, MODELING, POPULATION DYNAMICS, MORTALITY, SPICARA-SMARIS, YIELD-PER-RECRUIT ANALYSIS
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The growth and mortality of the picarel, Spicara smaris (L., 1758), were determined from specimens collected on the eastern Turkish Black Sea coast during September and October 1991 and 1992. From the length-age data for both sexes and all areas combined, the following population parameters were estimated: length-weight relationship, W = 0.005L3.26; Von Bertalanffy growth constants, W∞(g) = 87.20, L∞(cm) = 20.05, K = 0.44, t0 = -0.01; total mortality and its components, Z = 1.58, M = 0.87, F = 0.71. The steady-state yield per recruit model of Beverton and Holt (Fish. Invest. Minist. Agric. Fish. Food, 19: 533 (1957)) was applied to evaluate regulatory options for the picarel stock. © 1995.