A total of 1128 individuals of C. auratus were collected from the Diwaniyah River, Iraq. Samples were collected between November 2016 and October 2017 using different fishing gears aiming to assess the stock assessment and virtual population analysis. Fish length ranged from 8.0...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2024/v26i1730
The study described the characteristics of the Iraqi artisanal marine fisheries in the northwest Arabian Gulf between January 2020 and December 2021. The study aimed to update knowledge on the fish landings of the artisanal marine fisheries in the study area. A total of 19,877 t...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2023/v21i4546
The research was conducted as many as 456 individuals of Planiliza abu, 500 individuals of P. klunzengeri and 600 individuals of P. subviridis. The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency of fish lengths to determine stock expectations and analyze species population es...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2022/v17i230399
The age, growth, relative condition factor, and reproduction of Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843) from the Al-Diwaniya River, Iraq was described in samples obtained from October 2016 to September 2017, using different fishing gears. Total length and weight were measured, scales were u...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2021/v14i230292
The present study consists of the growth, mortality, relative yield recruit and virtual population analysis of tigertooth croaker, Otolithes ruber from Iraqi marine waters, northwest Arabian Gulf between February 2020 and January 2021. Analysis of population dynamics employed met...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2021/v12i630249
Cichlid species invaded the Iraqi waters in the mid-2000s and are now dominant fish species. The present study was carried out to investigate the age and growth of two cichlid species, Oreochromis niloticus and O. aureus in Garmat Ali River, Iraq from October 2019 to September 20...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2021/v11i230200
The blue tilapia, Oreochromis aureus is an invasive species that has successfully established itself in most of the Iraqi waters. However, there is little information on the population dynamics of the species in these waters. Hence, the growth parameters, mortality rates, probabi...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2020/v10i230180
The stock assessment of Klunzinger's mullet, Planiliza klunzengeri was conducted, to estimate its some aspects viz. growth, mortality, recruitment, yield-per-recruit and virtual population analysis in Iraqi marine waters, northwest Arabian Gulf, Iraq, from February 2020 and Janua...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2021/v13i430272