Growth and mortality rates of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Perciformes: Scombridae), in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean

Growth and mortality rates of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Perciformes: Scombridae), in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean

Age and growth parameters were estimated for the yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788). Atotal of 443 individuals were sampled from China longline fisheries in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean from February to November 2006. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated at...

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Main Authors: Guoping Zhu, Liuxiong Xu, Xiaojie Dai, Wei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2011-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Biological parameters
size frequency analysis
yellowfin tuna
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000200007

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