[Growth, mortality and exploitation rate of Priacanthus arenatus (Perciformes: Priacanthidae), in the trawl fisheries of northeast Venezuela].
We analyzed growth, mortality and exploitation rate of Priacanhus arenatus, captured by the shrimp trawling fishery (1989-1996), in northeastern Venezuela. The growth coefficient (K) and the asymptotic length (L8) were estimated by length-frequency data using the Battacharya method and other routines of the FISAT program. Total mortality (Z) and exploitation (E) rates were obtained by length-converted catch curve analysis, based on length-frequency data, and the Berverton and Holt's yield per recruit model, respectively. The mean growth parameters L and K were estimated as 474.7 mm and 0.69 year(-1), respectively. Mean total mortality was 4.03 and the exploitation rate range was 0.70-0.80. Results indicated that the population is overexploited.
Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, UDO 6101, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de los Edos, Sucre y Nueva Esparta CIAE, FONAIAP--Cumaná, Venezuela.
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D000818:Animals; D005398:Fisheries; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D014687:Venezuela