Length-Weight Relationships of Fishes from Gokova Bay, Turkey (Aegean Sea)

WOS: 000263384100009Length-weight relationships (LWRs) are presented for 17 fish species caught from Gokova Bay (southeastern Aegean Sea) during the 2006 fishing season. Fish samples were collected from small-scale trammel nets and longline fisheries. The values of b ranged from 2.086 (+/- 0.152) for Sphyraena sphyraena to 3.499 (+/- 0.058) for Scomber japonicus. The median value of b was 3.055 (+/- 0.081). The r(2) values ranged from 0.712 for Sphyraena chrysotaenia to 0.996 for Scomber japonicus and all relationships were highly significant (P < 0.001). Estimated LWR parameters of 4 species, Dicentrarchus labrax, Seriola dumerili, Siganus luridus and Sphyraena sphyraena, for Turkish waters are presented for the first time