This paper presents a tentative estimate of the parameters L8 and K of the von Bertalanffy growth function, and an estimate of total mortality derived from the analysis, using the ELEFAN I and II programs, of length-frequency data on the snapper Etelis carbunculus (Lutjanidae) collected on...

Growth, total mortality and seasonality of recruitment of male Metapenaeus ensis (Penaeidae) were determined based on length-frequency data (n = 9007) collected in 1988 in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea.

The ringnet fishery off Davao, southern Philippines, is briefly described. The major species (36%) in the catch is Decapterus kurroides (Pisces, Carangidae), whose growth parameters and mortality rates (natural and fishing) are estimated, based on length-frequency data collected in 1985-1986 and...

An application of an algorithm presented by J. Gregor in 1969 for decomposition of a mixture distribution into Gaussian components is presented here in relation to discrete mixture distributions of constant class interval. This graphical separation called Modified Gregor method (MG) uses the...

A brief review of studies on the seasonal growth of fish is presented, followed by an equally brief review of length-converted catch curves. A new method for constructing catch curves from representative length-frequency data is presented. This new method explicitly accounts for seasonal growth...

The parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equation were estimated, mainly from size-frequency data, for three commercially exploited Peruvian bivalves, Gari solida, Aulacomya ater and Semele solida, collected by divers from "Bahia de Independencia", Pisco, Peru from November 1986 to September...

Estimates of growth parameters for Stolephorus devisi (Engraulidae) at Munda Baitground, Solomon Islands were obtained using the Compleat ELEFAN software. Also, estimates of natural and fishing mortality are presented, along with recruitment patterns. All results are presented on a per year...