Türkiye denizlerinde yaşayan üç barbunya (Mullus barbatus ponticus, Mullus surmuletus, Upeneus moluccensis) türünün büyüme ve populasyon parametrelerinin tahmin edilen araştırma 1-Eylül 2014-15 Nisan 2015 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Araştırma verileri Karadeniz (Samsun) Akdeniz (Mersin) kıyılarında demersal trol avcılığı yapan ticari balıkçı gemilerinden temin edilmiştir. Türlerin ortalam...

Although goatfishes (Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815) are among the most important commercial fishes in Turkey, no research has been found investigating characteristics and spatial patterns of goatfish fishery. Here, we assessed fishery Turkey based on microdata set Turkish National Fishery Statistics gathered by Statistical Institute (TÜİK) between 2014 2017. In this context, investigated variation ...

This study examined eight hundred ninety six marine fishes belonging to nine different fish species; Synodus saurus; Merluccius merluccius; Trachurus mediterraneus; Serranus cabrilla; Mullus surmuletus; Diplodus annularis; Spicara maena; Siganus rirulatus and Liza ramada. The fishes were bought from fish markets at five different sites on Libyan coast, from January to December 2013, for study t...

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of tow duration on catch per unit of swept area (CPUE), trawl catch performance, and the proportion of the species caught in a trawl survey. Longer tows are expected to have a greater probability of catching species. An average of 26 species were caught in the first 30 minutes, whereas only about one additional species was caught in the next 30 min...

The influence of environmental variables (oceanographic and climatic) on the catch rates striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) by artisanal fishery was investigated using different time series models (Dynamic Factorial Analyses; Min-Max Analyses Generalized Least Square models). Climatic oceanographic survey data were collected at areas Portuguese coast (Northwestern, Southwestern South-Algarv...

Mercury (Hg) is one of the main chemicals currently altering Mediterranean ecosystems. Red mullet (Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus) have been widely used as quantitative bio-indicators of chemical contamination. In this study, we reassess the ability of these species to be used as efficient bio-indicators of Hg contamination by monitoring during 18 months Hg concentrations in muscle tissue of...

The relationships between total mercury (Hg) concentration and stable nitrogen isotope ratio (delta(15)N) were evaluated in Mullus barbatus barbatus and M. surmuletus from the Mediterranean Sea and M. barbatus ponticus from the Black Sea. Mercury concentration in fish muscle was six times higher in the two Mediterranean species than in the Black Sea one for similar sized animals. A positive cor...