<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study estimated the growth of horse mackerel, <italic>Trachurus mediterraneus</italic> (Steindachner), populations from the western parts of the Black, Marmara, and Aegean seas. Dependencies of individual daily weight gain at age were determined. The calculations showed that in the area studied the highest absolute weight gain was 45.4 mg day<sup>−1</sup> for fish at the age of 2.46 years from Zonguldak (Black Sea). The relative annual increase in the population biomass of <italic>T. mediterraneus</italic> inhabiting different areas of the Black, Marmara and Aegean seas was determined. It was revealed that the annual relative increase in the biomass of horse mackerel caught in the Black Sea exceeded that in the Marmara and Aegean seas. At the same time, the highest relative annual biomass increase (94.8%) was observed in populations from the Varna-Bourgas region and in the coastal waters of Sevastopol (70.9%) in the Black Sea.</p></abstract>

This study estimated the growth of horse mackerel, Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner), populations from the western parts of the Black, Marmara, and Aegean seas. Dependencies of individual daily weight gain at age were determined. The calculations showed that in the area studied the highest absolute weight gain was 45.4 mg day−1 for fish at the age of 2.46 years from Zonguldak (Black Sea). The relative annual increase in the population biomass of T. mediterraneus inhabiting different areas of the Black, Marmara and Aegean seas was determined. It was revealed that the annual relative increase in the biomass of horse mackerel caught in the Black Sea exceeded that in the Marmara and Aegean seas. At the same time, the highest relative annual biomass increase (94.8%) was observed in populations from the Varna-Bourgas region and in the coastal waters of Sevastopol (70.9%) in the Black Sea.

Growth of horse mackerel populations in the western parts of the Black, Marmara, and Aegean seas

Department of Marine Sanitary Hydrobiology

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

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This study estimated the growth of horse mackerel, Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner), populations from the western parts of the Black, Marmara, and Aegean...

Growth of horse mackerel populations in the western parts of the Black, Marmara, and Aegean seas

Published Online: May 11, 2020

Page range: 11 - 17

Received: Apr 30, 2019

Accepted: Dec 12, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0002

Keywords
horse mackerel, length-weight parameters, weight, growth, Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea

© 2020 Elena Melnikova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Growth of horse mackerel populations in the western parts of the Black, Marmara, and Aegean seas

Published Online: May 11, 2020

Page range: 11 - 17

Received: Apr 30, 2019

Accepted: Dec 12, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0002

Keywordshorse mackerel, length-weight parameters, weight, growth, Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea

© 2020 Elena Melnikova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
horse mackerel, length-weight parameters, weight, growth, Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea