Analysis and validation of annual increments in otoliths of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the central Mediterranean Sea

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-192

  Colloca, Francesco ^a   Gentiloni, Pietro ^b   Belluscio, Andrea ^a   Carpentieri, Paolo ^a   Ardizzone, Gian Domenico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ctr Interuniv Biologia Marina   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH CURVE; OTOLITH; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0037279703     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Abella, A.; Serena, F., 1998: Stato di sfruttamento del nasello nei compartimenti di pesca di Livorno e Viareggio. Biol. Mar. Medit. 5: 136-150.
2. Abella, A.; Caddy, J. F.; Serena, F., 1997: Do natural mortality and availability decline with age? An alternative yield paradigm for juvenile fisheries, illustrated by the hake Merluccius merluccius fishery in the Mediterranean. Aquat. Liv. Resour. 10: 1-14
3. Aldebert, Y.; Carriers, C., 1988: Problèmes d'exploitation du merlu dans le golfe du Lion. FAO Fish. Rep. 395: 87-91.
4. Aldebert, Y.; Recasens, L.; Lleonart, J., 1993: Analysis of gear interaction in a hake fishery: The case of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Sci. Mar. 57(2-3): 207-217.
5. Aldebert, Y.; Recasens, L.; Lleonart, J., 1996: Comparison of methods for stock assessment of European hake Merluccius merluccius in the Gulf of Lions (North-western Mediterranean). Aquat. Living Resour. 9: 13.22.
6. Alegria, V.; Jukic, S., 1990: Some aspects of biology and population dynamics of Hake (Merluccius merluccius) from the Adriatic Sea. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer. Médit. 32(1): p. 265.
7. Alheit, J.; Pitcher T. J., 1995: Hake. Fisheries, ecology and markets. Fish and Fisheries Series 15. London a. o.: Chapman & Hall. 478 pp.
8. Andaloro, F.; Arena, P.; Prestipino Giarritta, S., 1985: Contribution to the knowledge of the age, growth and feeding of hake Merluccius merluccius (L. 1758) in the Sicilian channel. FAO Fish Rep. 336: 93-97.
9. Anonymous, 1983: Confrontation technique sur les methodologies utilisée pour la lecture des otoliths de merlu. La Rochelle, France, 7-13 June, 1983. Appendix of Report of Working Group on Assessment of Hake Stocks, ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./Assess 2: 12 pp.
10. Anonymous, 1984: Report of the ad hoc Hake Otolith Working Group. ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./ G 74: 15 pp.
11. Ardizzone, G. D.; Cau, A., 1990: Modelli di dinamica di popolazione basati su dati di pesca sperimentale: prime valutazioni sullo stato degli stocks di Merluccius (L.) del Tirreno centrale. Oebalia Suppl. XVI: 235-244.
12. Ardizzone, G. D.; Corsi, F., 1997: Atlas of Italian Demersal Fishery Resources. Biol. Mar. Médit. 4(2): 568 pp.
13. Biagi, F.; Cesarini, A.; Sbrana, M.; Viva, C., 1995: Reproductive biology and fecundity of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer. Médit. 34: 237.
14. Bouhlal, M., 1973: Le merlu des côtes nord de la Tunisie: étude économique et biologique (Réproduction, sex-ratio, répartition bathymétrique). Bull. Inst. Océanogr. Pêche Salammbô: 2(4): 579-603.
15. Bouhlal, M.; Ktari, M. H., 1975: Croissance du merlu de la région du golfe de Tunis. Bull. Inst. Océanogr. Pêche Salammbô 4: 5-47.
16. Bruno, J.; Oliver, P.; Astudillo, A.; Pastor, J.; Daroca, E., 1979: Contribution à la connaissance de la biologie du merlu (Merluccius merluccius L.) et du rouger (Mullus surmuletus L. et Mullus barbatus L.). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer. Médit. 25/26: 79-86.
17. Campana, S., 1990: How reliable are growth back-calculation based on otoliths? Can. J. Aquat. Sci. 47: 2219-2227.
18. Colloca, F.; Belluscio, A.; Ardizzone, G. D., 2000: Sforzo di pesca, catture e gestione dello stock di merluzzo (Merluccius merluccius) in un'area del Tirreno centrale. Biol. Mar. Medit. 7: 117-129.
19. Decamps, P.; Labastie, J., 1978: Note sur la lecture et l'interpretacion des otolithes du merlu. ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./G 41: 7 pp.
20. D'onghia, G.; Tursi, A.; Matarrese, A.; Sion, L., 1995: Population dynamics of Merluccius merluccius (L., 1758) from the Northern lonian Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Ann. Inst. Océanogr. 71: 35-44.
21. Goni, R., 1983: Growth studies of European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) from the Northwest African shelf. ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./G 10: 1-6.
22. Goni, R.; Pineiro, C., 1988: Study of the pattern of European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) from the southern stock, ICES Division VIIIc and IXa. ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./G 18: 8 pp.
23. Horn, P. L., 1997: An ageing methodology, growth parameters and estimates of mortality for hake (Merluccius australis) from around the South Island, New Zealand. Mar. Freshwater Res. 48: 201-209.
24. Hunt, J.J., 1979: Back calculation of length-at-age from otoliths for silver hake of the Scotia shelf. ICNAF Sel. Pap. 5: 11-17.
25. Hunt, J.J., 1980: Guidelines for age determination of silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, using otoliths. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 1: 65-80.
26. Iglesias, S.; Dery L., 1981: Age and growth studies of hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) from ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa. ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./G 38: 6 pp..
27. Jones, R., 1976: Mesh regulation in the demersal fisheries of the South China Sea area. Manila, South China Sea Fish. Develop. Coord. Prog. SCS/76/WP/34: 75p.
28. Livadas, R. J., 1988: Contribution to the knowledge of the biology and population dynamic of hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) family Gadidae, in Cyprian waters. Thalassographica 11(1): 65-77.
29. Matta, F., 1954: Il merluzzo del Mediterraneo. Nota II. Boll. Pesca VIII(1): 82-102.
30. Morales-Nin, B.; Aldebert, Y., 1997: Growth of juveniles Merluccius merluccius in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean) based on otolith microstructure and length frequency analysis. Fish. Res. 30: 77-85.
31. Morales-Nin, B.; Torres, G. J.; Lombarte, A.; Recansens, L., 1998: Otolith growth and age estimation in the European hake. J. Fish. Biol. 53: 1155-1168.
32. Mugahid, A. R.; Hashem, M. T., 1982: Some aspects of the fishery biology of hake, Merluccius merluccius L., in the Lybian waters. Bull. Inst. Oceanogr. Fish. 8(1): 145-162.
33. Oliver, P.; Alvarez, F.; Morales-Nin, B., 1991: Report on the age-reading workshop on Mediterranean hake and sardine. FAO Fish. Rep. 447: 79-84.
34. Oliver, P.; Morillas, A.; Gaza, M., 1992: The age and growth of hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) of the Balearic Islands. Bull. Inst. Océan. Monaco 11: 163-178.
35. Orsi Relini, L.; Fiorentino, F.; Cappanera, M., 1986: The timing of recruitment of Merluccius merluccius in the Ligurian Sea. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer. Médit. 30(2): 224.
36. Orsi Relini, L.; Fiorentino, F.; Zamboni, A., 1989: Spatial-temporal distribution and growth of Merluccius merluccius recruits in the Ligurian Sea. Observations on the O group. Cybium 13: 263-270.
37. Orsi Relini, L.; Fiorentino, F.; Zamboni, A., 1992: Growth of the Mediterranean hake. Experiences gained in the Ligurian Sea. In: G. Colombo, I. Ferrari, V. U. Ceccherelli, R. Rossi (eds.): Marine Eutrophication and Population dynamics. Proceedings 25th European Marine Biology Symposium, 10th-15th September 1990, p. 307-315.
38. Pineiro Alvarez, C.; Pereiro, J.A., 1993: Study of the growth pattern of juvenile European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) using whole otoliths and length frequency distributions from commercial catches and groundfish surveys. ICES Counc. Meet. Pap.:/G12: 9 pp.
39. Pin̄eiro, C.; Hunt, J. J., 1989: Comparative study on growth of European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) from southern stock using whole and sectioned otoliths and length frequency distributions, ICES Counc. Meet. Pap./G 37: 8 pp.
40. Raffaele, F., 1888: Le uova galleggianti e le larve dei teleostei del Golfo di Napoli. Mitth. Zool. Stat. Neapel 8: 1-85.
41. Recasens, L.; Lombarte, A.; Morales-Nin, B.; Torres, G. J., 1998: Spatiotemporal variation in the population structure of the European hake in the NW Mediterranean: J. Fish Biol. 53: 387-401.
42. Relini, G.; Piccinetti, C., 1996: Ten years of trawl surveys in Italian seas (1985-1995). FAO Fish. Rep. 533 Suppl.: 21-41.
43. Russell, B., 1976: The eggs and planktonic stages of British marine fishes. London: Academic Press, 524 pp.
44. Sarano, F., 1986: Cycle ovarien du merlu, Merluccius merluccius, poisson a ponte fractionnée. Rev. Trav. Péch. Marit. 48(1-2): 65-76.
45. Sokal; R.R.; Rohlf, F.J., 1995: Biometry, 3rd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman & Co, 887 p.
46. Sparre, P.; Ursin, E.; Venema, C. V., 1989: Estimation of age composition from length frequencies. Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment, Part 1, Manual. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 306, 337 pp.
47. Torres, G. J.; Norbis, W.; Lorenzo, M. I., 1996: Variations in the measures of argentine hake (Merluccius hubbsi) rings otoliths during their first-year: evidence for stocks separation? Sci. Mar. 60(2-3): 331-338.
48. Tsimenidis, N.; Papaconstantinou, C.; Daoulas, C., 1978: Age and growth of hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Saronikos and Thermaikos Gulf. Thalassographica 2(1): 27-56.
49. Woodbury, D.; Hollowed, A.B.; Pearce, J.A., 1995: Interannual variation in growth rates and back-calculated spawn dates of juveniles Pacific hake (Merluccius productus). In: Secor, D. H.; Dean, J. M.; Campana, S. E. (eds.): Recent Developments in Fish Otolith Research, University of South Carolina Press, p. 481-496.
50. Zupanovic, S., 1968: Study of hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) biology and population dynamics in the central Adriatic. Stud. Rev. GFCM/CGPM 32: 1-24.
51. Zupanovic, S.; Jardas, C.; 1986: A contribution to the study of biology and population dynamics of the Adriatic hake Merluccius merluccius (L.). Acta Adriatica 27(1-2): 97-146.