TY  - JOUR
T1  - Growth and Mortalties of <i>B. boops</i> (Walbaum, 1792) in the Western Region of Algeria
AU - Houria, Handjar AU - Abdellatif, Niar 
JO  - Journal of Fisheries International
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SP  - 28
EP  - 32
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1817-3381
DO  - jfish.2015.28.32
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2015.28.32
KW  - Bogue
KW  -age
KW  -growth
KW  -Mortalies
KW  -West of Algeria
KW  -commercial fishery
AB  - <i>Boops boops</i> 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 <i>Boops boops</i> by
otolith interpretation with TNPC Software. Data for
length-weight relationship, age, growth and mortality
were analyzed for <i>Boops boops</i>. The parameters of the
von Bertalanffy growth equation were: L	&#8734; = 30.045 cm,
K = 0.117 per year, t<sub>0</sub> = -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.
ER  -