Is the fecundity of the atlantic mackerel (scomber scombrus: Scombridae) determinate?

Sarsia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 13-26

  Walker, M Greer ^a   Witthames, P R ^a   de los Santos, I Bautista ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MACKEREL; DETERMINATE; FECUNDITY; MACKEREL; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 0028161538     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364827.1994.10413543     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anon. 1988. Report of the mackerel egg and recruitment workshop. Aberdeen 25-29 January 1988. — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea CM 198/H: 3. 42 pp. mimeo.
2. Anon. 1993. Report of the mackerel/horse mackerel egg production workshop. Aberdeen 8-12 March 1993. — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea C. M. 1993/H: 4. 142 pp. mimeo.
3. Bara, G. 1960. Histological and cytological changes in the ovaries of the mackerel Scomber scombrus L. during the annual cycle. — Review of the Science Faculty of the University of Istanbul Ser B 25: 49-86.
4. Bretschneider, L. H. & J. J. Duyvene de Wit 1947. Sexual endocrinology of non-mammalian vertebrates. — Monographs on the Progress of Research in Holland during the War 11. Elsevier N. Y. 147 pp.
5. Dawson, W. A. 1986. Changes in western mackerel spawning stock composition during the spawning season. — Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 66: 367-383.
6. De Martini, E. E. & R. K. Fountain 1981. Ovarian cycling frequency and batch fecundity in the Queen-fish, Seriphus politus: Attributes representative of serial spawning fishes. — Fishery Bulletin 79: 547-560.
7. Eltink, A. T. G. W. 1987. Changes in age size distribution and sex ratio during spawning and migration of western mackerel (Scomber scombrus). — Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer 44: 10-22.
8. Emerson, L. S., M. Greer Walker & P. R. Witthames 1990. A stereological method for estimating fish fecundity. — Journal of Fish Biology 36: 721-730.
9. Greer Walker, M. & J. H. Nichols 1993. Predation on Benthosema glaciale (Myctophidae) by spawning mackerel. — Journal of Fish Biology 42: 618-620.
10. Greer Walker, M., P. Witthames, L. Emerson & M. Walsh 1987. Estimation of fecundity in the Western Mackerel stock, 1986. — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea CM 1987/H: 41. Pelagic Fish Committee. 18 pp, mimeo.
11. Guraya, S. S., 1986. The cell and molecular biology of fish oogenesis. - Monographs in developmental biology 18 Karger, Basel. 223 pp.
12. Hislop, J. R. G. & W. B. Hall 1974. The fecundity of whiting Merlangius merlangus L. in the North Sea, the Minch and at Iceland. — Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer 36: 42-49.
13. Hunter, J. R., N. C. H. Lo, & R. J. H. Leong 1985. Batch fecundity in multiple spawning fishes - An egg production method for estimating spawning biomass of pelagic spawning fish: Application to the Northern Anchovy, Engraulis mordax - NOAA Technical Report NMFS 36: 67-77.
14. Hunter, J. R. & B. J. Macewicz 1985a. Rates of atresia in the ovary of captive and wild northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax. — Fishery Bulletin U. S. 83: 119-126.
15. Hunter, J. R. & B. J. Macewicz 1985b. Measurements of spawning frequency in multiple spawning fishes — Pp. 79-84 in: Lasker, R. (ed.). ‘An egg production method for estimating spawning biomass of pelagic fish: Application to the northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax.’ — NOAA Technical Report NMFS 36.
16. Hunter, J. R., B. J. Macewicz & C. A. Kimbrell 1989. Fecundity and other aspects of the reproduction of sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria in central Californian waters. — CALCOFI. Rep. 30: 61-72.
17. Hunter, J. R., B. J. Macewicz, N. C. H. Lo, C. A. Kimbell 1992. Fecundity, spawning and maturity of female Dover sole Microstonus pacificus with an evaluation of assumptions and precision. — Fishery Bulletin U. S. 90: 101-123.
18. Isaac-Nahun, V. J., R. de Cardoso, G. Servo & C. L. de B. Rossi-Wongtschowski 1988. Aspects of the spawning biology of the Brazilian sardine Sardinello brasiliensis (Steinacher, 189), (Ciupeidae). — Journal of Fish Biology 32: 383-396.
19. Khoo, K, H. 1979. The histochemistry and endocrine control of viteliogenesis in goldfish ovaries. — Canadian Journal of Zoology 57: 617-626.
20. Lasker, R. 1985. An egg production method for estimating spawning stock biomass of pelagic fish: application to the northern anchovy Engraulis mordax. — NOAA Technical Report NMFS 36: 1-99.
21. Lockwood, S. J. 1988. The mackerel, its biology assessment and the management of a fishery. Fishing News books. Famham, England, 181 pp.
22. Lockwood, S. J., J. H. Nichols & W. A. Dawson 1981. The estimation of mackerel (Scomber scombrus L.) spawning stock size by plankton survey. — Journal of Plankton Research 3: 217-233.
23. Macer, C. T. 1976. Observations on the maturity and fecundity of mackerel (Scomber scombrus L.). — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea CM 1976/H: 6 Pelagic Fish Committee, 7 pp. mimeo.
24. Priede, I. G. & J. J. Watson 1993. An evaluation of the daily egg production method for estimating biomass of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus). — Bulletin of Marine Science 53: 891-911.
25. Rijnsdorp, A. D. 1990. The mechanism of energy allocation over reproduction and somatic growth in female North Sea plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L. — Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 25: 279-290.
26. Scherle, W. 1970. A simple method for volumetry of organs in quantitative stereology. — Journal of Microscopy 26: 57-60.
27. Scott, A. P. 1986. Reproductive endocrinology of fish. — Pp. 223-256 in: Chester Jones, I., P. M. Ingleton & J. G. Phillips (eds). Fundamentals of comparative vertebrate endocrinology. Plenum Press, New York.
28. Tokarz, R. R. 1978. Oogonial proliferation, oogenesis and folliculogenesis in non-mammalian vertebrates — Pp. 145-179 in: Jones, R. E. (ed.). The vertebrate ovary, comparative biology and evolution. Plenum Press, New York.
29. Urban, J. 1988. Determination of batch fecundity in plaice Pleuronectes platessa and sole Solea solea from the German Bight. — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, C. M. 1988/G: 51, Demersal fish committee, 6pp, mimeo.
30. Wallace, R. A. & K. Selman, 1981. Cellular and dynamic aspects of oocyte growth in teleosts. — American Zoologist 21: 325-43.
31. Walsh, M., P. Hopkins, P. Witthames, M. Greer Walker & J. Watson 1990. Estimation of total fecundity and atresia in the Western Mackerel stock, 1989. — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea CM 1990/H: 31, Pelagic Fish Committee, 21 pp, mimeo.
32. Watson, J. J., Priede, I. G., Witthames, P. R. & A. Owori-Wadunde, 1992. Batch fecundity of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus). — Journal of Fish Biology, 40: 591-598.
33. West, G. 1990. Methods of assessing ovarian development in fishes: a review. — Australian Journal of marine and Freshwater Research 41: 199-222.
34. Witthames, P. R. & M. Greer Walker 1987. An automated method for counting and sizing fish eggs. — Journal of Fish Biology 30: 225-235.