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7213930 
Journal Article 
Status of Pampus argenteus fisheries in Khoozestan waters (North-West Persian Gulf), I.R.Iran 
Parsamanesh, A; Shalbaf, M; Najafpour, N; , 
1998 
1 
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences
ISSN: 0367-8318 
INDIAN COUNC AGRICULTURAL RES 
NEW DELHI 
407-409 
WOS:000074345900037 
Length frequency samples collected from October 1992 to March 1996, on major landing centres of Khoozestan province have been analyzed, using ELEFAN and other softwares. Pampus argenteus is a high-priced fish in the local and neighbouring markets. Biological parameters have been estimated for available data Relative yield per recruit analysis and Thompson and Bell length-based predictive model have been applied to the data. Growth parameter (K) for the available data is estimated to be 1 and asymptomatic (fork) length 35.6 cm: Natural and total mortality rates were estimated to be 1.5 and 3.3, respectively, for the period of study. The results showed that at present, this species is fished at or near its MSY level and there should not be any further increase in the effort to catch P. argenteus.