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Growth and Mortality of Brown Trout, Salmo Trutta Fario in Lar Dam, Iran Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 11(1) 37-47 2011 Growth and mortality of brown trout, Salmo trutta fario in Lar dam, Iran Fazli H.1*; Azari H.1; Moghim M.1; Kor D.1; Nabavi Jelodar E.2; Taleshian H.1 Received: February 2011 Accepted: July 2011 Abstract The length-weight relationship, age, growth parameters, sex ratio, mortality and exploitation rate of Salmo trutta fario were determined in Lar dam. The sex ratio (male: female) was 1:1.84 which differed significantly from the expected 1:1. The length-weight regression was W 0.028L2.706 (females) and W 0.0341L2.624 (males) indicating a negative allometric growth for -1 both sexes. Growth parameters were estimated as L∞ = 45.0 cm, K = 0.27 yr , t0 = -0.23 yr. The instantaneous coefficients of natural, total and fishing mortality were estimated as 0.40 yr-1, 0.75 yr-1 and 0.35 yr-1. The results showed that S. trutta fario is moderately a rapidly- growing species in Lar dam. The exploitation rate was 0.47. Therefore, the population appeared to be in good condition in 2004. Keywords: Salmo trutta fario, growth parameters, exploitation rate, Lar Dam Downloaded from jifro.ir at 22:08 +0330 on Saturday October 2nd 2021 _____________ 1-Caspian Sea Ecology Research Center, P.O.Box: 961, Sari, Iran . 2- Iran Fisheries Organization, West Fatemi Ave. Tehran, Iran. *Corresponding author’s email:[email protected] 38 Fazli et al., Growth and mortality of brown trout, Salmo trutta fario in Lar dam ……. Introduction Salmo trutta caspius Kessler, 1877 has S. trutta fario is very popular sport fish, two forms in Iran: the native brown trout and the Iranian Department of the (freshwater populations) and Caspian Environment has been arranging fishing in salmon (sea-run populations) in Namak the Dam since 1994. Despite its Lake basins and the Caspian Sea, recreational and ecological importance, no respectively (Saadati, 1977). The sea-run studies have been carried out about sex, Caspian salmon attains a larger size than age, growth, and mortality of S. trutta the freshwater populations. It attains 51 kg fario in the dam. The objective of the and 1.24 m but most of the ones seen in present study was to fill the information Iran were 10-15 kg (Walczak, 1972 cited gaps on the population biology and in Coad, 2008). S. trutta caspius is provide a basis for improved and effective distributed in Sardab-roud, Tonekabon management of the fishery of S. trutta Tajan, Babol-roud, Haraz, Tonekabon, fario in Lar dam. Pol-e Rud, and Sefid-roud rivers and Gorgan Bay, the southeast Caspian Sea, Materials and methods southwest Caspian Sea and south-central The study was performed at Lar dam. The Caspian Sea (Kiabi et al., 1999). The dam is located on Lar River; 84 km reproduction takes place in areas with northeast of Tehran with 35°53’N, clean gravel and water temperatures of 52°00’E (Fig. 1). It is an earth dam with a more than 15°C can cause egg mortality. clay core. The crest length and maximum The optimum and preferred ranges of height of the dam are 1300 and 105 water temperature for adults are 18-24°C meters, respectively. The total capacity of and 12.4-17.6°C, respectively (Coad, the dam is 860 million m3 2008). In general, freshwater populations (www.scsembenelli.com). Six sampling can eat mayfly (insects, crustaceans and sites were selected along the dam in June Downloaded from jifro.ir at 22:08 +0330 on Saturday October 2nd 2021 terrestrial insects), and for larger by gill net (20 m length and 4 m height, specimens, fish, crayfish, fogs, with 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 33 and 40 mm salamanders and rodents (Coad, 2008). In mesh sizes), recreational fishing from July Tonekabon River, Simulium, Plecoptera to August by hook and four sampling sites and Ephemeroptera were the main food of in four rivers from September to October this population (Afraei et al., 2000). in 2004 by electroshock. A total of 2032 S. According to IUCN criteria, this is trutta fario specimens were collected. The vulnerable species in the south Caspian fork length was measured to the nearest 1 Sea basin (Kiabi et al., 1999). Coad (2000) mm and total weight to the nearest 1 g (for reported that S. trutta fario is one of the overall individuals). Sex of gill net top four threatened species of freshwater samples (211 specimens) was determined fishes and because of overfishing, habitat by visual observation. Scales were destruction and spawning ground collected from the middle of the body degradation, this species is endangered in behind the pectoral fins above the Iran (Nezami et al., 2000). In Lar dam, hypothetical lateral line and preserved in Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 11(1), 2012 39 the envelopes for future treatment. The removed by rubbing and washing the scales were washed and placed in small scales between the fingers in tap water covered Petri dishes with tap water. (Taghavi et al., 2010). Following this, the organic layers were R Asal asdal R R 35º 55' Gharebolagh Chahak Lar Dam R 52º Downloaded from jifro.ir at 22:08 +0330 on Saturday October 2nd 2021 Figure 1: Map of Lar Dam located at northeast of Tehran (R= river) The length-weight relationship was age-length key using a non-linear derived by applying an exponential estimation method as the following: regression as the following equation: L L (1 eK (tt0 ) ) t W aLb where Lt is the fork length at age t, L∞ is where W is the total weight (g). L, the fork the theoretical maximum length, K is a length (mm), and a and b are parameters to growth coefficient and t0 is the be estimated (Ricker, 1975). hypothetical age for Lt=0. Phi prime (Ф ) The von Bertalanffy growth curve (von was calculated as the following (Pauly and Bertalanffy, 1938) was fitted to the Munro, 1984): observed lengths at age for the resulting Ф = logK + 2LogL ∞ 40 Fazli et al., Growth and mortality of brown trout, Salmo trutta fario in Lar dam ……. Estimates of instantaneous total mortality mortality was estimated using the methods (Z) were obtained using the age- based in Pauly mode (Pauly, 1980 ) with von catch-curve method (Riker, 1975). Bertalanffy growth parameters. The instantaneous coefficient of natural ln(M) 0.0152 0.279ln(L ) 0.6543ln(K) 0.463ln(T) where M is the instantaneous coefficient of 41.9; from 13.5 to 44.0 and from 4.9 to natural mortality, K is the growth 34.1 cm in gillnet, recreational fishing and coefficient and T is the mean annual electroshock, respectively (Fig. 2). Total habitat temperature, T=8.9 °C. recreational fishing was 65,000 specimens When the values of Z and M have been with the average weight of 299.6 g; the estimated, the value of fishing mortality, F, weight of total catch was estimated 19.5 can be derived from the following mt in the dam in 2004. Age compositions equation: of recreational fishing catch were derived F Z M 0.27(t0.23) Lt 45(1 e ) from the length The exploitation rate (E) was estimated as composition data and age-length keys the following equation: ranging from 1 to 6 years. In the age compositions, age 4 was the largest F E age group and accounted for 33.4% of Z catches in 2004 (Fig. 3). where F is the instantaneous coefficient of The von Bertalanffy growth equation was fishing mortality and Z is the instantaneous estimated as shown in Figure 4 and phi coefficient of total mortality (King, 1996). prime (Ф ) was 2.73. The fork length and weight regression of Results Downloaded from jifro.ir at 22:08 +0330 on Saturday October 2nd 2021 all samples was: W 0.029L2.710 (R2= A total of 2032 specimens were caught for 2.706 this study, along with 211 specimens 0.98, n=951); for female W 0.028L 2 caught by gillnet, 906 specimens caught by (R = 0.98, n=116) and for male 2.624 2 the recreational fishing and 915 specimens W 0.0341L (R = 0.98, n=65) (Fig. 5). caught by electroshock equipment in the The slopes (b values) of the length-weight rivers. The samples caught by gillnet were regressions were significantly different used for the age and growth study. The between sexes (t-test, t=19.26, P<0.001). fork length and weight of S. trutta fario The estimation of “b“ for females and ranged from 4.9 to 44.0 cm and from 1 to males were 2.706 and 2.624, significantly 963 g and averaged (±S.D.) 21.5 (±10.6) different from 3.0 (t-test, t=121.7, mm and 169.9 (±168.8) g, respectively. P<0.001; t=126.0, P<0.001, respectively), The length-frequency ranged from 11.9 to indicating an allometric growth. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 11(1), 2012 41 200 hook, n=906 electroshok, n=915 . 150 gillent, n=211 100 50 Frequency (numbers) 0 4.5 6.5 8.5 10.5 12.5 14.5 16.5 18.5 20.5 22.5 24.5 26.5 28.5 30.5 32.5 34.5 36.5 38.5 40.5 42.5 Fork length (cm) Figure 2: Size distribution of the samples of Salmo trutta fario collected by hook, electroshock and gillnet, n=sample size 40 n = 906 33.4 31.8 30 Downloaded from jifro.ir at 22:08 +0330 on Saturday October 2nd 2021 20 18.0 Frequency(%) 10 8.2 7.5 1.0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Age (years) Figure 3: Age distribution of Salmo trutta fario as determined in samples taken from the recreational fishing in Lar dam throughout the study period in 2004 n= catch sample size.
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