Authors : Handjar Houria and Niar Abdellatif
Abstract: Boops boops is one of the main target species of the commercial fishery; it is widely distributed along the Algerian coasts. A subsample of 2068 specimen ranging from 9.7-27.4 cm was obtained from commercial catches on western Algerian coast. Age and growth were determined of Boops boops by otolith interpretation with TNPC Software. Data for length-weight relationship, age, growth and mortality were analyzed for Boops boops. The parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equation were: L ∞ = 30.045 cm, K = 0.117 per year, t0 = -2.919 year. The instantaneous rates of total mortality (Z) and natural mortality (M) were 0.418 and 0.24 per year, respectively. Rates of fishing mortality F and exploitation E were 0.178 and 0.43 per year, respectively.
Handjar Houria and Niar Abdellatif, 2015. Growth and Mortalties of B. boops (Walbaum, 1792) in the Western Region of Algeria. Journal of Fisheries International, 10: 28-32.