Summary of data on fishing pressure group (G), age at maturity (Tm, years), length at maturity (Lm, cm), length-at-5%-survival (L.05, cm), time-to-5%-survival 3 (T.05, years), slope of the log-log fecundity-length relationship (Fb), fecundity the year of maturity (Fm), and egg volume (Egg, mm ) for the populations listed in the first three columns. Period is the period of field data collection. Species Zone Period G Tm Lm L.05 T.05 Fb Fm Egg Data sources (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Clupeiformes Engraulis capensis S. Africa 71-74 2 1 9.5 11.8 1.8 3.411 4.856E+04 0.988 118 119 137 118 138 Engraulis encrasicholus B. Biscay 87-92 2 1 11.5 14 1.4 3.997 9.100E+04 1.462 125 30, 188 170, 169 133, 23 145 Medit. S. 84-90 1 1 12.5 13.4 2.3 4.558 9.738E+04 0.668 161 161 160 161, 120 120 Sprattus sprattus Baltic S. 85-91 1 2 12 13.8 6.2 2.84 2.428E+05 1.122 15 19 26 184, 5 146 North S. 73-77 1 2 11.5 14.3 3 4.673 8.848E+03 0.393 8 107 106 33 169 Clupea harengus Baltic S. 75-82 1 3 16 24 4.9 3.206 4.168E+04 0.679 116 191 191 116 169 North S. 60-69 3 3 22 26.9 2.7 4.61 2.040E+04 0.679 52 53, 7 52 39 169 Baltic S. 74-85 2 2.5 14.5 20.3 7.9 4.083 8.352E+03 0.679 153 92 153 154 169 Baltic S. 74-85 2 2.5 15 20.3 7.4 3.367 1.025E+04 0.679 153 92 153 154 169 North S. 25-35 2 4 24 27 5.3 3.465 1.790E+04 0.679 93 93, 62 62 93 169 Sardina pilchardus Medit. S. 83 1 2 14 19.5 4.1 4.785 1.196E+05 1.608 175 175 175 175, 121 155 Medit. S. 76-78 2 1.7 11.1 16 3 4.49 2.792E+04 1.608 45 45 45 45, 46, 121 155 B. Biscay 88-92 2 1 15 21 4.7 3.666 8.520E+04 1.608 23 23 24 159, 169 A1 155, 156 Argentiniformes Argentina silus Iceland 63-65 1 7 37.2 52 21.5 2.249 9.853E+03 13.794 126 127 127 135 104 Norway 62-66 1 7 35 47 17 2.624 8.676E+03 13.794 104 104 104 104 104 Iceland 86-90 1 8.7 38 48 13 3.32 1.228E+04 13.481 194 194 194 194 171 Norway 80-81 1 6 28 40 8.6 3.79 3.991E+03 13.481 194 194 194 194 171 Salmoniformes Salvelinus alpinus NW Atl. 75-79 3 6.9 38.1 54 5.5 2.585 2.230E+03 35.785 67 67, 66 67 67 67 NW Atl. 72-73 1 10 35 75 18 2.595 2.874E+03 27.625 141 140 142 141 141 Salvelinus malma Alaska 66-70 1 4 32 48 4 2.457 1.144E+03 33.452 29 28 28 29 29 Mallotus villosus NW Atl. 40-42 2 3 15.9 17.7 2 3.1 2.804E+04 0.353 179 179 179 179 179 Norway 66-75 3 3 13 14 1 3.264 8.233E+03 0.645 79 11 84 85 85 Gadiformes Gadus morhua Arctic 86-89 3 7 75 94 2.6 4.27 1.500E+06 1.078 20 20 20 114 51 Baltic S. 60-70 3 2.5 38.5 54 3.3 3.028 5.287E+05 2.141 173, 51 9 183 173 150 North S. 70-75 3 3 60 88 3.8 3.29 8.205E+05 1.032 152 6 63 152 94 NW Atl. 80-90 2 2.5 42.5 90 5.3 3.29 2.597E+05 1.325 51 54 55 51 51 Melanogrammus North S. 76-84 3 2.5 31.5 41 2.5 3.42 1.409E+05 1.197 95 12 108, 95 94 109 aeglefinus North S. 26-35 3 2.5 25 35.6 3 3.23 9.998E+04 1.197 165 41 41 165 94 Micromesistius NE Atl. 70-80 1 5 22.5 33.5 6 3.742 5.310E+04 0.495 31 10 32 162, 32 32 poutassou Trisopterus esmarki North S. 60-63 3 2 15 19 1 3.663 1.457E+04 0.523 164 164 164 164 169 North S. 65-66 3 1 15 18 1 3.68 4.823E+04 0.523 164 164 164 164 94 A2 Molva dypterygia Faroe 77-79 3 8 83.4 111 10.3 3.491 6.712E+05 0.455 181 181 181 181 94 dypterygia Shetland 77-79 3 8 85.8 128.5 13.6 3.491 7.425E+05 0.455 181 181 181 181 94 Merluccius gayi Chili 65-76 2 2 32 59 5 3.569 4.513E+04 0.679 34 1 2 34 76 Merluccius hubbsi Argentin 78-88 2 6 34.2 68 4.6 2.771 2.862E+04 0.358 42 42 81 42 64 Merluccius merluccius B. Biscay 85-90 1 3 50 72 8.2 2.9 1.053E+04 0.326 16, 132 22 16 158 27 Medit. S. 90-94 3 4 40 60 4.1 3.07 2.441E+05 0.049 3 4 4 43 121 Spain 76-83 2 8 50 62.4 6 3.27 3.205E+05 0.326 157 25 103 158 27 Merluccius productus NE Pac. 74-81 1 3.8 37 44.5 12 3.39 1.147E+04 0.731 136 136 136 136 134 Lophiiformes Lophius budegassa Medit. S. 75-80 2 4 34 42.7 6.4 2.802 4.632E+04 0.863 185 185 186 185 185 Atheriniformes Atherina boyeri Medit. S. 75-80 1 1 5.8 6.6 1.7 3.24 7.598E+01 1.929 131 131 131 131 131 Medit. S. 75-80 1 1 4.9 6.4 1.7 3.698 3.399E+01 1.929 131 131 131 131 131 Perciformes Scomberomorus cavalla Florida 77-79 3 2 60 87 3.8 4.455 1.091E+06 0.326 75 105 105 75 193 Carolina 77-79 2 2.3 65 100 7.35 3.974 1.218E+06 0.326 75 105 105 75 193 Scomber scombrus NE Atl. 73-79 2 3 28 39 8.7 3.02 2.891E+05 0.863 124 124 73 123 27 Portugal 81-85 3 1 24 39 3.5 2.892 3.110E+05 0.863 86 86 86 86 27 NE Atl. 92-93 2 2 30 39.5 8 4.535 2.278E+05 0.863 23 23 24 21 27 Trachurus trachurus B. Biscay 85-90 1 3.5 24 33 9.5 3.25 7.709E+04 0.286 113, 14 14 24 70 27 S. Africa 71-74 2 4 23 32 4 4.41 8.573E+04 0.306 115 72 180 180 180 Lethrinus mahsena Reunion 83-84 1 3 19 35 6.4 3.97 2.896E+04 0.186 40 40 40 40 177 Mullus surmuletus B. Biscay 85-91 3 2 22 27 2 2.147 3.281E+05 0.263 148 163 148 148 148 Pseudupeneus prayensis Senegal 72-78 3 0.8 13 21 0.9 2.93 1.532E+05 0.263 57 57 57 57 148 A3 Lutjanus purpureus Brazil 67-73 2 5.5 42 64 5.6 3.292 1.933E+05 0.141 144 78 65 82 44 A4 Lutjanus synagris Cuba 71-73 3 1 15 19 2 3.031 6.433E+05 0.139 61 60 60 61 44 Trinidad 79-81 3 2 31 43 2.6 7.15 2.680E+04 0.141 128 128 128 128 44 Rhomboplites aurorubens Carolina 72-75 2 3 25.5 48 4.5 3.517 9.051E+04 0.141 89 102 88 89 44 Epinephelus cruentatus Carib 70-75 3 3 16 25 3 3.878 5.396E+04 0.058 147 147 147 147 147 Dicentrarchus labrax Medit. S. 70-80 3 3 38.5 50 2.3 5.098 2.728E+05 0.637 36 74 37 38 38 Pagellus bellottii Senegal 70-80 3 2 16.5 22.9 2.1 4.079 3.654E+04 0.179 80 80 80 80 80 Pagellus erythrinus Medit. S. 79-80 1 2.5 13 29 3.6 2.815 2.516E+05 0.618 83 83 83 83 121 Boops boops Medit. S. 79-80 2 2 13 19.3 3.4 3.135 3.106E+04 0.277 83 83 83 83 121 Pachymetopon blochii S. Africa 67-69 1 5.5 21.5 39 9.2 4.596 1.068E+02 0.468 149 149 149 149 149 Pagrus pagrus Carolina 72-74 2 2.5 30.4 50 6.5 4.36 1.738E+03 0.268 129 130 130 129 129 Argyrozona argyrozona S.