Growth, mortality and recruitment of exploited small pelagic fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Abstract

Preliminary, length-based von Bertalanffy growth parameter estimates for Sardinops caeruleus, Opisthonema libertate, Scomber japonicus, Etrumeus teres, and Engraulis mordax, caught in the pelagic fishery based in Guaymas, Gulf of California, Mexico, are presented along with estimates of natural mortality and the seasons of recruitment to the fishery.