title: Growth and mortalities of the pink-shrimp Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis Latreille, 1970 and F. paulensis Pérez-Farfante 1967 in Southeast Brazil.
abstract: From July, 1999 until July, 2001 data from the pink-shrimp Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis Latreille, 1970 and F. paulensis Pérez-Farfante, 1967 fishery were collected from trawling by the fishing fleet based in Santos/Guarujá-SP. Growth and mortalities of these species were studied. F. brasiliensis and F. paulensis have longevity of 2 years and growth estimates of L Infinity = 29.0 cm and k = 1.24 year-1 for F. brasiliensis and L Infinity = 27.5 cm and k = 1.34 year-1 for F. paulensis. Females reach bigger lengths than males in both species. Natural mortalities (M) were 1.80 and 1.90 year-1 and fishing mortalities (F) were 4.7 and 6.8 year-1 for F. brasiliensis and F. paulensis, respectively. Survival rates are S = 0.15% and 0.02% for F. brasiliensis and F. paulensis, respectively, which are usually low values for shrimps.
authors.affiliation: Projeto TAMAR, Vitória, ES, 29040-715, Brazil. nilamontamar@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrere
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005398:Fisheries; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D012623:Seawater; D012758:Shellfish