Age and Growth of Atlantic Sturgeon in the New York Bight

Autor: Joel P. Van Eenennaam, Michael G. Frisk, David H. Secor, Keith J. Dunton, David O. Conover, Matthew T. Fisher, Kim A. McKown, Adrian Jordaan, Kathy A. Hattala, Christopher M. Martinez, Thomas Kehler
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 36:62-73
ISSN: 1548-8675
0275-5947
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2015.1103820
Popis: Accurate estimates of age and growth of fishes are important in the management and conservation of species and for the development of modeling approaches. Assessments of endangered or rare species typically are limited by poor or inadequate data owing to low abundance, unrepresentative sampling, and/or restrictions on sampling. Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus, which occurs along the east coast of North America, has five distinct population segments (DPSs) listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The New York Bight (NYB) DPS is listed as endangered and represents the largest DPS in the United States. Coastal trawl surveys from 2005 to 2012 were used to evaluate the current age structure of the NYB DPS. A total of 21 year-classes (mean age = 8.89 years, n = 742 fish) were observed. Age data for the NYB DPS were combined with other available age estimates from multiple research laboratories and sources (n = 2,774) in the Hudson River and Delaware River as well from the coastal ...
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