Handjar  Houria, Niar  Abdellatif, 
    Growth and Mortalties of <i>B. boops</i> (Walbaum, 1792) in the Western Region of Algeria,
    Journal of Fisheries International,
    Volume 10,Issue 4,
    2015,
    Pages 28-32,
    ISSN 1817-3381,
    jfish.2015.28.32,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2015.28.32)
    Abstract: <i>Boops boops</i> is one of the main target
species of the commercial fishery; it is widely
distributed along the Algerian coasts. A subsample of
2068 specimen ranging from 9.7-27.4 cm was obtained
from commercial catches on western Algerian coast.
Age and growth were determined of <i>Boops boops</i> by
otolith interpretation with TNPC Software. Data for
length-weight relationship, age, growth and mortality
were analyzed for <i>Boops boops</i>. The parameters of the
von Bertalanffy growth equation were: L	&#8734; = 30.045 cm,
K = 0.117 per year, t<sub>0</sub> = -2.919 year. The instantaneous
rates of total mortality (Z) and natural mortality (M) were
0.418 and 0.24 per year, respectively. Rates of fishing
mortality F and exploitation E were 0.178 and 0.43 per
year, respectively.
    Keywords: Bogue;age;growth;Mortalies;West of Algeria;commercial fishery