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Otolith Weight as an Estimator of the Age of Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (Carangidae), in the Southeastern Pacific.

ABSTRACT: The age and growth of fish populations is a critical issue for stock assessment, population dynamics and fishery management. Spawner biomass, mortality, growth, recruitment and age at maturity can be misconstrued if the age estimator is inaccurate. Age can be estimated by annuli count, but this requires expertise and is expensive. Otolith weight (OW) is a good indicator of how long a fish has lived, because OW increases during an individual's life. Seriola lalandi is a migratory fish and is an important resource for local fishermen in northern Chile. Aspects of its biology, i.e., age and growth, remain unknown, at least for the population annually arriving in northern Chile. Fish of a known age (n = 105; from 5.5 to 25.7 cm in FL) from yellowtail aquaculture facilities at Universidad de Antofagasta allowed us to estimate the growth rate of OW, and fish obtained from local fishermen (n = 71; from 37.9 to 109 cm in FL) allowed us to estimate the age and growth of S. lalandi from the analysis of OW, without the need for calibration. The following four models were fitted with the known ages and fork lengths: the von Bertalanffy growth function, the Gompertz and logistic models and the seasonalized von Bertalanffy growth function. The latter model showed the best adjustment (according to the Akaike information criterion) with the following parameters: L_∞, 98.58 cm.; K, 0.59; t₀, 0.07; t_s, 0.84; and C, 0.97.

SUBMITTER: Ndjamba TSI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264935 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Otolith Weight as an Estimator of the Age of <i>Seriola lalandi</i> Valenciennes, 1833 (Carangidae), in the Southeastern Pacific.

Ndjamba Tchimanda Simeão Imbo TSI Araya Miguel M Oliva Marcelo Enrique ME

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20220626 13

The age and growth of fish populations is a critical issue for stock assessment, population dynamics and fishery management. Spawner biomass, mortality, growth, recruitment and age at maturity can be misconstrued if the age estimator is inaccurate. Age can be estimated by annuli count, but this requires expertise and is expensive. Otolith weight (OW) is a good indicator of how long a fish has lived, because OW increases during an individual's life. <i>Seriola lalandi</i> is a migratory fish and ...[more]

PMID: 35804539

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Project description:BackgroundThe monogenean, Zeuxapta seriolae, is a host-specific parasite that has an extensive geographical distribution on its host, Seriola lalandi, and is considered highly pathogenic in farmed fish. In recent years, developing cultures of S. lalandi in different coastal localities in Southeastern Pacific Ocean (SEP) have been affected by moderate and heavy infections of this parasite, attributed to contagion from wild to farmed fish. Here, we evaluated the pattern of genetic variations and biological traits of Z. seriolae in a spatial and temporal scale across its geographical distribution in SEP to determine its genetic status and biological traits, which could affect its transmission dynamics from wild to farmed fish.MethodsWild fish and their parasites were sampled from fisheries in the northern Chilean coast (NCC: 24°S-30°S) and Eastern islands (JFA: ca 33°S; 80°W) between 2012 and 2014. Fragments of 816 bp of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene was sequenced for 112 individuals from NCC and 63 from JFA and compared using AMOVA. Prevalence and intensity of Z. seriolae were calculated for each area. The parasite body size, fecundity and size at sexual maturity were estimated for 177 parasites from NCC and 128 from JFA, and significant differences were evaluated using GLM.ResultsGeographical genetic structuring was detected for Z. seriolae across SEP, with a population in NCC and the other in JFA, both with the same high haplotype diversity. Neutrality tests and mismatch analyses indicated that both Z. seriolae populations are stable. Parasite biological traits such as fecundity, body size, and size at sexual maturity, and population parameters varied significantly between geographical areas.ConclusionTwo genetic groups of Z. seriolae were detected in wild fish across SEP. Because of the seasonal migration of wild host and temporal contact with farming, quantifying the genetic diversity and level of gene flow or isolation between parasite populations is useful for fish health management in farming. The smallest size of sexual maturity in parasites from NCC is predictive of shorter life cycles, and their high genetic diversity suggests high evolutionary potential and high transmission of this parasite to farmed hosts.

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Otolith Weight as an Estimator of the Age of Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (Carangidae), in the Southeastern Pacific.

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Otolith Weight as an Estimator of the Age of <i>Seriola lalandi</i> Valenciennes, 1833 (Carangidae), in the Southeastern Pacific.

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