Summary: | The study was carried out in the 2012-2016
fishing seasons in the Central Black Sea coasts of Turkey. Tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna L., 1758) were
examined in the commercial fishery (trawls, trammel nets and gillnets). A total
of 56.104 kg tub gurnard was caught during the study period. Total length and
weight of 117 tub gurnard individuals were measured. Minimum, maximum and
average total lengths were calculated as 12.8 cm, 74.2 cm and 33.28±1.28 cm,
respectively. The maximum length is the second maximum length for the Black Sea
coasts however first maximum length for the Central Black Sea coasts of Turkey.
Length-weight relationship (LWR) of tub gurnard were determined as W=0.0103L2.9876
in the study. The value of the parameter ‘b’ was found to be 2.9876 and the
growth was isometric (b = 3) for tub gurnard (P > 0.05).
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