Age, Growth, and Mortality of Exploited Stocks: Anchovy, Sprat, Mediterranean Horse Mackerel, Whiting, and Red Mullet in the Southeastern Black Sea
Journal: AQUATIC SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Year: 2018

<div><!--block-->This study aims to calculate the age, growth, and mortality rate of commercially important fish species, namely Engraulis encrasicolus, Trachurus mediterraneus, Sprattus sprattus, Merlangius merlangus, and Mullus barbatus, in the southeastern Black Sea between 2008 and 2011. These species are commercially important for Turkish and other riparian country fisheries. The samplings were carried out using bottom trawls, purse seines and various gillnets. Length-weight, age-length, th