Journal
FISHERIES RESEARCH
Volume 156, Issue -, Pages 14-22Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.04.011
Keywords
Condition; Gonadosomatic index; Oocyte; Reproductive capacity; Spawning season
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- Fundacion Centros Tecnologicos
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Basque Government
- PEVASA - Pesqueria Vasco Montanesa fishing company
- EMOTION project [ANR JSV7 007 01]
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We studied the sexual maturity, batch fecundity and spawning season of the Skipjack Tuna Katsuwonus pelamis. Generalized additive modelling was applied to assess the effect of demographic features on ovary growth. During 2009 and 2010, 673 females were caught on board a purse-seine fishing vessel in the western Indian Ocean. Fish were classified into different reproductive phases and this information was used to determine the size at maturity (L-50), the timing of spawning and the batch fecundity (n = 51). The size at maturity (L-50) for females was estimated to be 39.9 cm. The mean relative batch fecundity was 140 +/- 64 eggs g(-1) of fish. Spawning occurs during the monsoons and inter-monsoon seasons with peaks in the reproductive activity during the North-east and South-west monsoon events. Demographic differences were detected in the reproductive timing of the population and a large investment in gamete production was observed in fish with high hepatic condition and in their first spawning year. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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