TY  - GEN
T1  - Population characteristics of areolate grouper Epinephelus areo-latus (Forsskål 1775) from Terengganu waters, Malaysia
A1  - Nor Hazila Abdul Kadir
LA  - English
YR  - 2020
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-17226
AB  - Growth parameters of areolate grouper, Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål 1775) in Terengganu waters were determined by using length frequency analysis. A total of 606 samples from two main fish landing ports in Terengganu were collected monthly between February 2014 and January 2015. Growth parameters were estimated by using FISAT II (FAO-ICLARM stock assessment tools) computer software package, which includes a direct fit of length frequency data by ELEFAN I method. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters for E. areolatus from Pulau Kambing fish landing port were L∞ = 50.40 cm and K = 0.36 y-1 meanwhile samples from Kuala Dungun were L∞ = 48.30 cm and K = 0.32 y-1. The length weight relationship for E. areolatus from Pulau Kambing was y = 2.9546x – 4.1931, and from Kuala Dungun fish landing port was y = 2.9438x – 4.1492. The present research findings are important for future studies and relevant for the stock assessment and fishery management of E. areolatus in Terengganu waters.
KW  - Epinephelus areolatus
KW  - Serranidae
KW  - Sampling
KW  - Growth rate
KW  - Animal population
KW  - Length
KW  - Weight
KW  - Maturity
KW  - Species
KW  - Fishery data
KW  - Otoliths
KW  - Fishery management
KW  - Wildlife conservation
KW  - Species threatened with extinction
ER  -