STATUS
OF THE TURBOT (SCOPTHALMUS MAEOTICUS, PALLAS, 1814) AGGLOMERATIONS ALONG
THE ROMANINA BLACK SEA COAST
George ŢIGANOV*,
Mădălina GALAȚCHI
PhD,
Living Marine Resources Department, “National Institute for Marine Research and
Development "Grigore Antipa", Constanta, Romania.
Corresponding
author: gtiganov@alpha.rmri.ro
ABSTRACT.
The main commercially valuable species in the Black
Sea is turbot (Scophthalmus maeoticus, Pallas, 1814).
Thus, turbot stock assessment is
vital to ensure its sustainable use, to support economic and ecological
stability, to inform science-based management decisions, and to promote the
conservation of marine biodiversity. To determine
turbot aggregations, the BioIndex routine, developed in R language, was used to
estimate different biological indicators related to this target species. In
particular, the routine allows the estimation of time series of mean abundance
and biomass indices, the inverse CV of abundance indices, mean individual
weight and sex ratio at the GSA level. Taking into account the biomass values
resulted for the study period (2019-2020) a significant increase was observed
in the values from the period 2012-2018 and the maximum yield (RMM) obtained of
329,048 tons for the Romanian area of the Black Sea.
Keywords: turbot, growth parameters, assessment, biomass index
DOI
https://doi.org/10.56082/annalsarscibio.2024.1.24
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Article
Volume 13 No 1 – 2024