TY - JOUR T1 - Population Structure, Age and Growth of Sardine, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) in the Black Sea AU - Dalgic, Goktug AU - Ceylan, Yusuf JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 17 SP - 3194 EP - 3197 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.3194.3197 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.3194.3197 KW - growth KW -Black sea KW -Sardina pilchardus KW -Sardine KW -coasts KW -Turkey AB - Population structure, age and growth of sardine from the Eastern Black sea coasts of Turkey were examined. A total of 684 Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) were sampled between September 2009 and April 2010 from commercial purse-seine fleet operating along coasts of Rize. Total lengths of sardine were ranged between 11.0-17.9 cm and the weights ranged from 10.20-53.64 g regardless the sex. The sex ratio (♂/♀) was found to be 1.14 in favor of males. In ageing, 3 classes (1-3 years) were determined from 86 sardine otoliths. Growth performance of sardine in the Black sea was lower than the other seas. ER -