The performance of a square mesh panel (90 mm stretched mesh size) on reducing the catch of immature Psettodes erumei Bloch and Schneider, 1801 smaller than Lm50% value was tested in a small-scale shrimp-trawl fishery along Hormuzgan coasts in the The Persian Gulf. During shrimp season, 25 trawl hauls were carried out and a total of 371 P.erumei was caught in the codend and cover net. Length ra...

The maturity, sex ratio, gonadosomatic index (GSI) and fecundity of Coryphaena hippurus was investigated from 347 specimens collected along Karnataka coast, south-eastern Arabian Sea August 2017 to May 2018. Overall ratio 1:3.5 (male:female) indicated dominance females in the fishery differed significantly (p<0.05) all months, except January, December. fork length (FL) at 50% maturity (Lm50)...

Stock assessment of Rhizoprionodon acutus (Ruppell, 1837) was made along with a few biological characteristics in the commercial landings during 2012-2014 from Gujarat waters of India to understand the population dynamics and stock status of the species. L∞, K and t0 estimated were 93.8 cm, 0.32 yr -1 and -1.3 yr, respectively. Total mortality rate (Z), fishing mortality rate (F) and natural mo...

The reproduction of Neochelon falcipinnis was studied in the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Niamone-Kalounayes located Casamance estuary (Senegal) from July 2021 to June 2022. results this study are presented after twelve (12) months experimental seine fishing. Reproductive parameters such as length-weight relationship, condition factor (K), sex ratio (SR), gonadosomatic index (GSI) and size at fi...

Reproduction and spawning patterns of the Yellowtail scad (Atule mate) were studied in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (Hormozgan coastal waters) from December 2016 to November 2017. A total of 447 fish were collected from Bandar Lengeh, Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, and Bandar Jask landing sites. Minimum and maximum fork lengths of this species were 10 and 33 cm, with average 20.63±1.73 cm. The to...