Investigations of the age and growth characteristics of European Hake (Merluccius merluccius L., 1758) in Edremit Bay

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This study was hold on to determine the lenght, weight, age and sex distributions and growth parameters of European Hake (Merluccius merluccius, L., 1758) in Edremit Bay between August 1999 and December 2000. During the study, A total of 2375 samples which was collected by trawling from the depth strata between 38–80 meters were investigated and the total lenght and weight distrubitions were determined as 7.6-46.2 cm and 2.09-766.0 g respectively. Age determinations based on otolith readings were found that the fishes distributed between 0+ and 5 age groups. The von Bertalanffy growth curve fitted to observed lengths-at-age provided parameters of L =53.49 cm, 47.49 cm and 53.90 cm; k=0.385, 0.349 ve 0.377 year^-1; t0=-0.078, -0.112 ve -0.045 year; and the growth performance index value (Φ) was also computed as 2.895, 3.042 ve 3.040 for males, females and all specimens, respectively

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European Hake , Merluccius merluccius , length , weight , age , growth

Ege Journal Of Fisheries an‎d Aquatic Sciences

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