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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2013.31.2.154

Length-weight Relationships for 11 Fishes Caught by Fish Pots in the Coastal Water off Baekya Island, Korea

Yoon, Ho-Seop (Division of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)

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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.31, no.2, 2013 , pp. 154-157 More about this Journal

Abstract

Length-weight relationships were estimated for 11 fish species caught in Baekya Island, Korea. Samples were caught in depths of <15 m by fish pots between November 2008 and July 2009. The sampling gear, fish pots, is a widely used as commercial fishing gear in shallow waters of the region. The most abundant families were Hexagrammidae (20.7%), Cottidae (18.5%), Tetraodontidae (14.8%) and Scorpaenidae (13.3%). Estimates for parameter b of the length-weight relationship ( $W=aL^b$ ) ranged between 2.454 and 3.361.

Keywords

length-weight relationships; Baekya Island; fish pots; correlation coefficient;

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