Length – weight relationship, sex ratio and length at maturation of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) from the Montenegrin shelf
2009
Mandić, M., Institute of Marine Biology, Kotor (Montenegro) | Regner, S., Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade (Serbia)
This article is based on the research done within the frame of AdriaMed Trawl survey Project 2007/08. The Project encompassed monthly research of several target species in trawl fisheries of Montenegrin waters during one year. European hake (Merluccius merluccius, Linnaeus, 1758) represents an important component of the demersal ecosystem and a resource of great economic value. It is widely distributed in all the Mediterranean, and it is one of the most heavily exploited demersal species in European fisheries. This researches showed that the parameters of length – weight relationship of the hake do not vary significantly over long period. They also show that the catches consisted of disproportional high number of immature fish. Some measures, such as increasing the mesh size of codends, have to be undertaken to avoid observed overfishing of recruits.
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