First estimates of age, growth, and maturity of boarfish (Capros aper): a species newly exploited in the Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: White, Emma, Minto, Cóilín, Nolan, Conor P., King, Erna, Mullins, Eugene, Clarke, Maurice
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Short Communication; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fsq150v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsq150

<qd> White, E., Minto, C., Nolan, C. P., King, E., Mullins, E., and Clarke, M. First estimates of age, growth, and maturity of boarfish ( Capros aper ): a species newly exploited in the Northeast Atlantic. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq150. </qd>Boarfish in the Northeast Atlantic have recently been exploited commercially for fishmeal. It is a sexually dimorphic species with an estimated maximum age of 26 years, late age at maturity ( A 50 = 5.25 years), relatively fast rate of growth ( K = 0.186 year−1), and a small asymptotic length ( L ∞ = 128.9 mm).