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Cybium,
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Aspects of the population dynamics of Liza klunzingeri in the Kuwait Bay Stephen DADZIE (1), Julius O. MANYALA (2) & Fadwa ABOU-SEEDO (1) (1) Department
of Biological Sciences, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat 13060, KUWAIT. Abstract.
- The growth characteristics of Liza klunzingeri (Day, 1888)
in Kuwait Bay were evaluated based on data collected from 1982 to 1999.
Length-based stock assessment showed an asymptotic length (L°)
of 24.8 cm TL and growth curvature (K) of 0.46 yr-1.
The growth of L. klunzingeri follows the seasonally oscillating
VBGF typical of temperate species with both an amplitude (C) and winter
point (WP) of 0.95. The total mortality coefficient (Z) was estimated
to be 4.61 yr-1 for raw data and 4.27 yr-1
after accounting for gear selection. Logistic selection model showed that
25% of fish of 3.5 cm TL, 50% of specimens reaching 4.8 cm TL
and 75% of all specimens of 6.1 cm TL encountering the gear are retained.
From the raw data, two recruitment peaks in a year seem to be evident,
a minor one in May (13.5%) and a major one in September (17.5%). However,
after accounting for gear selection, the recruitment strength was confined
to September (37.8%). The current exploitation rate of 0.75 is above the
optimum (0.239), the maximum (0.373) and the economic (0.305) yield indices.
It is estimated that the Maximum Economic Yield (MEY) would be obtained
when the average weight of fish caught is 0.6 of the maximum weight or
60% of the asymptotic weight. The traps used in the fishery seem to have
adverse effects on recruitment and could be the cause of depression in
the stocks. Management implications are discussed in the light of growth,
mortality, recruitment and exploitation of Liza klunzingeri in
the Kuwait Bay. |
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