Biological Characteristics of Azov Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus maeoticus A.) in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Fishing Seasons
Journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Year: 2020

Biological parameters of Azov anchovy from commercial catches in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 fishing seasons were studied. During the first season, fishery was mainly based on fish of the 1st age group with an average length of 10.9 cm TL, while in 2017/2018 on 2-year-old fish with length of 11.4 cm. Parameters of the length-weight relationship were not different between sexes: for fish < 9.5 cm TL a = 0.00126, b = 3.719, and for fish 9.5 cm a = 0.0207, b = 2.475. The sex ratio in overall was close