A systematic review of age, growth and mortality studies in Mediterranean and Black Sea fishes

Hasan Cerim; Ozan Soykan; Sercan Yapıcı; İsmail Reis; Özgen Yılmaz

doi:10.12714/egejfas.41.3.10

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A systematic review of age, growth and mortality studies in Mediterranean and Black Sea fishes

Abstract

Age, growth, and mortality studies (AGMS) conducted in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea were reviewed. The main objective of this study was to find out the gaps on unstudied and less studied species. Names of the all fish species were obtained from fishbase. While the “native” and “endemic” species were taken into consideration, species “introduced”, “questionable”, “misidentified” and “error in a name” were excluded from the data set. Fishbase, semanticscholar and googlescholar were used to obtain the species related studies in June 2023. Graphs and tables were created to represent the results. Totally, 185 of 604 species have AGMS. 22 countries have investigated fish age, growth, and mortalities, and the first three countries are Türkiye, Italy, and Greece, respectively. In the Mediterranean and Black Sea, 796 AGMS were found. The top three of these families with the most species are Sparidae (177), Mullidae (87), and Mugilidae (66). Among the studied species, 86.49% of the species (160) are commercially important for fisheries, and 13.51% of the species (25) are non-commercial. 31 of the 160 species encounter existence problems. All accessible studies were used including studies’ references and it was observed that the most of the species (419) in the Mediterranean and Black Sea have no age or growth studies. This study clearly shows the gaps in AGMS in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions.

Keywords

Akdeniz ve Karadeniz balıklarının yaş, büyüme ve ölüm çalışmalarının sistematik bir derlemesi

Öz

Akdeniz ve Karadeniz'de yürütülen yaş, büyüme ve ölüm çalışmaları (AGMS) gözden geçirilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, üzerinde çalışılmamış ve az çalışılmış türlerdeki boşlukları ortaya çıkarmaktır. Çalışmaya dahil olan tüm balık türlerinin isimleri fishbase veri tabanından elde edilmiştir. “Yerli” ve “endemik” türler dikkate alınırken, “yabancı”, “şüpheli”, “yanlış tanımlanan” ve “isim hatası” olan türler veri setinden çıkarılmıştır. Haziran 2023'te türlerle ilgili çalışmaların elde edilmesi için Fishbase, semanticscholar ve googlescholar kullanılmıştır. Sonuçları temsil edecek grafikler ve tablolar oluşturulmuştur. Toplamda 604 türün 185'inde AGMS bulunmaktadır. Balıkların yaşı, büyümesi ve ölümleri 22 ülkede araştırıldığı tespit edilirken ve ilk üç ülke sırasıyla Türkiye, İtalya ve Yunanistan olarak belirlenmiştir. Akdeniz ve Karadeniz'de 796 AGMS yapılmıştır. En çok türün bulunduğu ilk üç familya Sparidae (177), Mullidae (87) ve Mugilidae (66) olarak belirlenmiştir. İncelenen türlerin %86,49'u (160) balıkçılık açısından ticari öneme sahip olup, %13,51'i (25) ticari değildir. 160 türden 31'i varoluş sorunlarıyla karşı karşıyadır. Çalışmaların referansları da dahil olmak üzere erişilebilir tüm çalışmalar kullanılmış ve Akdeniz ve Karadeniz'deki türlerin çoğunun (419) yaş ve büyüme çalışmalarının bulunmadığı görülmüştür. Bu çalışma Akdeniz ve Karadeniz bölgelerinde AGMS'deki boşlukları açıkça göstermektedir.

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Ethical Statement

No need for ethical approval for this study.

Thanks

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Fish Biology , Fisheries Management

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Hasan Cerim ^*
0000-0003-3025-1444
Türkiye

Ozan Soykan
0000-0002-2227-1245
Türkiye

Sercan Yapıcı
0000-0003-2288-5084
Türkiye

İsmail Reis
0000-0003-4599-6780
Türkiye

Özgen Yılmaz
0000-0002-9363-9019
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

September 2, 2024

Publication Date

September 15, 2024

Submission Date

May 15, 2024

Acceptance Date

July 29, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 41 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.41.3.10

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA67BW35XM

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Cerim, H., Soykan, O., Yapıcı, S., Reis, İ., & Yılmaz, Ö. (2024). A systematic review of age, growth and mortality studies in Mediterranean and Black Sea fishes. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 41(3), 243-251. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.41.3.10