期刊
MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 86-96出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2014.889307
关键词
AIC weights; Azores; bottom longline fishery; multi-model inference; Trichiuridae
资金
- Direccao Regional de Ciencia e Tecnologia of the Azores Regional Government [M2.1.2/I/014/2008]
- European Social Fund program PRO-EMPREGO
The traditional species targeted by the Azorean demersal mixed hook-and-line commercial fisheries are presently facing a decline in captures, and the demand for new demersal resources is growing. The silver scabbardfish, Lepidopus caudatus, is a potential new resource to be exploited in the region; however, reports on its vulnerability and stock status are contradictory, which highlights the importance of arriving at accurate age and growth parameter estimates for this species. The 808 individuals used in the present study were acquired from commercial landings in the Azorean islands of SAo Miguel and Faial, collected monthly between 2004 and 2010. Ages were determined by counting growth increments in whole sagittal otoliths. Four different growth models were fitted to the data: von Bertalanffy growth function, the Gompertz model, the logistic model and the power function. Akaike's Information Criterion was used to evaluate the models and finally a multi-model inference was employed to arrive at model-averaged estimates of L. The von Bertalanffy function performed as well as the other candidates, although the parameter estimates for this model were usually higher than for the Gompertz and logistic models. The analysis suggests that L. caudatus is a relatively fast-growing species that could constitute a sustainable resource for commercial fisheries in the region, pending further research into the unbalanced sex ratios observed here.
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