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• Locality n Lmax (cm) Wmax (g) Türgan [6]a Marmara Sea 2297 86.0b.c
• Alpaz and Kınacıgil [7] Izmir Bay 400 40.5 470.0
• Özdemir et al. [9] Black Sea Gallipoli Peninsula and Dardanelles Northern Aegean and Marmara Regions
• Çanakkale Region 1049 25.0
• Cengiz et al. [10] 473 61.2 1980.0 Ceyhan [20] 2817 34.2c 458.4 This study 1 76.5 4800.0
• a=from Ceyhan [20], b= mean length with 14 age, c=FL (Fork Length)
• Although bluefish is extremely important in Turkish fishery, present stock levels are uncertain.
• There are indications (smaller average sizes of individuals, lower catch per unit effort according to the
• years) that their stocks have declined due to fishing pressure or the other factors [13]. In this respect,
• Akyol and Ceyhan [8], Özdemir et al. [9] and Cengiz et al. [10] reported the fishing mortality rates to
• be 0.60 year-1, 0.83 year-1 and 0.69 year-1, respectively. 4. Conclusion
• As well known, individuals in populations exposed to high levels fisheries mortality/pressure will
• respond by reproducing at smaller average sizes and ages [18] and so reached maximum lengths may
• getting and getting smaller. But, the one individual that subjected to no overfishing pressure could be
• reached that kind of length [19]. Besides, any factor that may to the utmost influence growth has been
• shown to have an effect, including nutrient availability, temperature, food availability, light regime,
• pollutants, oxygen, salinity, intra-specific social interactions, current speed, predator density and
• genetics [18]. These factors might give rise to large varitions in length of a fish.The result of this
• Cengiz Ö., Özekinci U., Öztekin A., Kumova C. 2013. Growth Parameters and Mortality of Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766) from Gallipoli Peninsula and Dardanelles (northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey), Marine Science and Technology Bulletin, 2: 29-35.
• Ceyhan T., Akyol O. 2005. The Hand Lines Used in Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix L., 1766) Fishery in Marmara Region, E.U. Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 22: 351-355 (In Turkish).
• Sümer Ç., Özdemir S., Erdem Y. 2010. Determination of Selectivity Monoflament and Multifilament Gillnets with Different Mesh Size for Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix L., 1766), E.U. Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 27: 121-124 (In Turkish).
• Acarlı D., Ayaz A., Özekinci U., Öztekin A. 2013. Gillnet Selectivity for Bluefish (Pomatamus
• saltatrix, L. 1766) in Çanakkale Strait, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 13: 349-353.
• Türkmen A., Tepe Y., Türkmen M., Mutlu E. 2009. Heavy Metal Contaminants in Tissues of the Garfish, Belone belone L., 1761, and the Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix L., 1766, from Turkey Waters, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 82: 70-74.
• Cengiz Ö., Özekinci U., Öztekin A. 2012. The Relationships Between Total Lenght-Otolith Length of Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, (Linnaeus, 1766) from Gallipoli Peninsula and Dardanelles (North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey), Iğdır University Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, 2: 31-34 (In Turkish).
• Turan C., Oral M., Öztürk B., Düzgüneş E. 2006. Morphometric and Meristic Variation Between Stocks of Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in the Black, Marmara, Aegean and Northeastern Mediterranean Seas, Fisheries Research, 79: 139-147.
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• Filiz H. 2011. A New Maximum Length for the Red Mullet, Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758, Biyoloji Bilimleri Araştırma Dergisi, 4: 131-135.
• Ceyhan T. 2005. Investigations on Bluefish Fishery and Some Population Characteristics of Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in the Northern Aegean and the Marmara Regions, Ph. D. thesis, Ege University, Izmir (In Turkish).