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Length-weight relationships of soft-bottom demersal fishes from Jalisco and Colima states, Mexico
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) were estimated for 24 species of soft bottom demersal fishes caught on the continental shelf off Jalisco and Colima states, Mexico. The ...
The applicability of ELEFAN for use in analyzing three species of deepwater snappers in Tonga (Etelis coruscans, Pristipomoides flavipinnis and P. filamentosus, Fam. Lutjanidae)
Type: Journal Article
An attempt to fit the von Bertalanffy growth equation to three species of deep sea snappers using the ELEFAN method was unsuccessful, mainly because the fish are slow-growing, long lived species. Problems were also encountered ...
Example estimations of yield and fishery profit when few data are available
Type: Journal Article
Very preliminary bioeconomic assessments are reported in respect to fishery situation in Kenya. In the case of the shrimp fishery, it is concluded that the contemporary trawler fleet is substantially in excess of that ...
An approach to the assessment of the finfish fisheries of the Caribbean Community
Type: Journal Article
This paper briefly outlines the implications of making a decision on the most appropriate alternative for carrying out stock assessments and the reasons for previous failures to conserve finfish stocks for sustainable use. ...
Length-weight relationship of fishes and cephalopods from the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)
Type: Journal Article
Length-weight relationship (LWR) parameters of 72 species of fishes and 15 species of cephalopods caught in the Balearic Islands demersal fishery are reported. This is the first compilation of LWR for these groups in the ...
Assessment of Lutjanus vivanus and Lutjanus buccanella in the north Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
Type: Journal Article
This paper presents results of stock assessment on two snapper species, Lutjanus vivanus and L. buccanella, in the north Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Growth parameters, mortality rates, length-weight relationships, ...