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Fish growth evaluation and fishery dynamic assessment of Harpadon nehereus providing insights for its population expansion in the Northern East China Sea

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Recently, Harpadon nehereus (Bombay duck) has become one of the most important economic fishes in the East China Sea. Understanding the population growth and fishery exploited status of H. nehereus is of great significance for improving its biological knowledge and exploring the driving factors of population expansion in the East China Sea. Based on the fishery survey data and the fishery statistics in the Northern East China Sea, the growth curve of H. nehereus was fitted with the von-Bertalanffy growth equation. The results showed that the asymptotic total length, the growth coefficient, and the theoretical age at zero length were 319 mm, 1.25 year−1, and − 0.11 year, respectively. LBB model, CMSY model, and BSM model were used to evaluate the exploitation status of the H. nehereus population. The results showed that the H. nehereus population was still healthy, and the Schaefer model showed that the resource will recover rapidly after reducing the fishing intensity. These results illustrated that the fast growth rate, short generation time, and strong interspecific competitiveness and environmental adaptability of the H. nehereus population in the East China Sea were the main reasons that lead to the stable fishery status and the increase of the catches.

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This study was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Number 41976091) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Number 202012023).

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Wang, L., Li, J. & Kang, B. Fish growth evaluation and fishery dynamic assessment of Harpadon nehereus providing insights for its population expansion in the Northern East China Sea. Hydrobiologia 849, 4725–4739 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-05010-8

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