Stock size assessment of sardine, Sardina pilchardus (WALB.) population from the central eastern Adriatic on the basis of VPA method

Abstract

      This paper presents the assessment of stock size and maximum sustainable yield of the exploited sardine population from the central part of the eastern Adriatic between September 1979 and March 1981. The mean stock size of the exploited sardine population was assessed at 72,925 tons and maximum sustainable yield at 15,314 tons.

      The values of growth parameters, weight-length relationship, instantaneous rate of total, natural and fishing mortality, exploitation rate and other relevant parameters were also calculated.