Growth and mortality rates of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Perciformes: Scombridae) in the central Atlantic Ocean

 

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Autori: Zhu, Guoping, Xu, Liuxiong, Zhou, Yingqi, Chen, Xinjun
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2009
Descrizione:Age and growth parameters were estimated for bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Lowe, 1839 sampled from China longline fisheries in the central Atlantic Ocean from October 2002 to July 2003 and from August 2004 to March 2005. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated at L∞=217.9 cm fork length, k=0.23 year-1, and t0=-0.44 year. The total mortality rate (Z) was estimated to be from 0.82 to 1.02, the fishing mortality (F) and the natural mortality were 0.54 year-1 and 0.39 year-1, respectively. The exploitation ratio (E) was 0.35. This study provides the detailed estimates of growth and mortality rate for bigeye tuna in the central Atlantic Ocean, which can be used as biological input parameters in further stock evaluations in this region. However, age analysis, additional validation of the size composition and stock structure are needed for future studies.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/11292
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/11292
Keyword:bigeye tuna
thunnus obesus
growth
mortality
the central atlantic ocean
size frequency analysis
length weight relationship
patudo
crecimiento
mortalidad
el océano atlántico central
el análisis de frecuencia de tallas
relación talla peso