Density‐dependent growth and sexual maturity of silver hake in the north‐west Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Helser, T. E., Almeida, F. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: Hake; North West Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01516.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1997.tb01516.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01516.x

Stock abundance was the most important predictor of sexual maturation of age 2 and 3 silver hake in the north‐west Atlantic between 1973–1990. Growth at ages 1 and 2 in the southern stock was significantly and negatively correlated with stock abundance (r 2 >0.56, P <0.01). Sexual maturity may...