Population dynamics and stock assessment of deep water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) from the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco


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  • Hesham Awadh Faculty of science-Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
  • Mustapha Aksissou Faculty of science-Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

https://doi.org/10.21077/ijf.2019.67.2.93423-02

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The population dynamics and stock parameters of the deep water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) was investigated from the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. Length-frequency data were collected from landings of coastal trawlers at M’diq Port on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast over a period of 13 months from April 2017 to April 2018. The estimated growth parameters were CL∞ = 52.87 mm, K = 0.39 yr-1 and to = - 0.35 .Total mortality coefficient (Z) was estimated as 3.49 yr-1 while the natural mortality estimated using two different methods was 1.89 yr-1 and 1.36 yr-1 and correspondingly the fishing mortality was calculated as 1.51 yr-1 and 2.13 yr-1. Yield per recruit and relative biomass per recruit analysis showed that the value of current exploitation rate (E) is 0.68 which is higher than the exploitation rate E 0.5=0.36, which indicates that the stock is currently overexploited. Hence it is advised to decrease the present exploitation rate by 50% of the current level to sustain the fishery.

Keywords: Exploitation,  Mediterranean coast, Morocco, Parapenaeus longirostris, Population dynamics

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2019-09-09

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2020-06-30

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Awadh, H., & Aksissou, M. (2020). Population dynamics and stock assessment of deep water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) from the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 67(2). https://doi.org/10.21077/ijf.2019.67.2.93423-02

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