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

• Main Authors: White, Emma, Minto, Cóilín, Nolan, Conor P., King, Erna, Mullins, Eugene, Clarke, Maurice
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2011
• Subjects: age; Caproidea; growth; maturity; pelagic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10793/704; http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1093/icesjms/fsq150

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version “White, E., Minto, C., Nolan, C. P., King, E., Mullins, E., and Clarke, M. 2011. First estimates of age, growth, and maturity of boarfish (Capros aper): a species newly exploited in the Northeast Atlantic. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 61–66” is available online at: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/68/1/61 peer-reviewed 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 (A50 = 5.25 years), relatively fast rate of growth (K = 0.186 year−1), and a small asymptotic length (L∞ = 128.9 mm).