Demographics of Scomberomorus commerson in the Central Taiwan Strait
| Autor: | Jen-Chieh Shiao, Kwang-Ming Liu, Jia-Sin He, Yun-Sin Lo, Ming-An Lee, Jinn-Shing Weng, Li-Chi Cheng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering Population Fishing VM1-989 Ocean Engineering GC1-1581 Oceanography Fish measurement otolith age composition medicine education Water Science and Technology Civil and Structural Engineering Otolith education.field_of_study biology Overfishing biology.organism_classification Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus Fishery age–length key medicine.anatomical_structure Sex ratio |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 9, Iss 1346, p 1346 (2021) Journal of Marine Science and Engineering; Volume 9; Issue 12; Pages: 1346 |
| ISSN: | 2077-1312 |
| Popis: | The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson is an economically essential species; however, few studies have investigated its demographic structure in the northwestern Pacific, which includes Taiwan’s waters. This study examined the growth parameters, age composition, mortality, and sex ratio of S. commerson catches by examining sagittal otoliths and other biological data collected in a 3-year project from June 2018 to June 2021. The transverse sections of sagittal otoliths exhibited alternating translucent and opaque zones, in annual cycles, and this observation was validated by otolith edge analysis. Opaque zones began to form in October; the growth peaked in December and lasted until March. Growth parameters were estimated for female (L∞ = 144.1 cm fork length [FL], k = 0.39 y−1, to = −0.85 y) and male (L∞ = 136.0 cm FL, k = 0.32 y−1, to = −1.49 y) specimens. The maximum recorded FL, body weight, and age were 159.0 cm, 27 kg, and 9.2 y for female and 135.0 cm, 17.8 kg, and 7.2 y for male specimens. Rapid growth was observed for both sexes, with FL reaching 66.8 ± 14.2 cm in female specimens and 70.1 ± 11.0 cm in male specimens during the first year of life. An age–length key based on the direct otolith aging and FL dataset (N = 646) was used to estimate the age composition of 3-year catches measured at landing (N = 16,133). The results verified that the S. commerson currently caught in the central Taiwan Strait are mainly young fish aged 1+ to 2+ y. The estimated fishing mortality (0.27 y−1) and exploitation rate (0.30) suggested that overfishing was not occurring in this stock. The findings of this study have helped clarify the population dynamics of the S. commerson in the Taiwan Strait, and the biological parameters reported herein can aid the management and conservation to ensure the sustainability of this species in this region. |
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