Age and growth of common bream, Abramis brama (L.), caught at Hammam Debagh Reservoir (Guelma, northeast Algeria)

Guettaf, Mohamed; Rachedi, Mounira; Gueroui, Yassine; Bousbia, Aissam; Chelaghmia, Mohamed Amine; Maoui, Ammar

doi:10.2478/aopf-2019-0017

Abstract

This study was conducted in Hammam Debagh Reservoir located in northeastern Algeria, which was first the subject of fish farming tests in 2001. The species tested included Chinese carp, royal carp, common carp, pikeperch, and common bream. The present work aimed to determine the age and growth of one of the most frequently caught species in the reservoir, common bream, Abramis brama. This information is essential to the knowledge of fish biology, and thereby to solving many of the problems of fish research and development. A sample of 100 common bream, A. brama, was caught with gillnets over a period of six months from December 2017 to May 2018. The results obtained fit well with the growth model and were similar to those published regarding other environments. Scales from a sample of 50 fish were read under an optical microscope, which permitted identifying five age groups. The value of the overall sex ratio (4.88) revealed a strong imbalance in favor of males throughout the study period. The relationship linking length-weight is of the minor allometry type with b < 3.

References

Adakbek K.J., Liu J., Chen Q.Y. 2003 – Studies on the biology and exploitation of Abramis brama Berg in the Ulungur Lake – J. Shanghai Fish. Univ. 112: 366-370.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
ANRH 2008 – Agence Nationale des Ressources Hydrauliques – Etude générale des crues du Nord de l’Algérie, Modélisation des débits de crue, Juillet 2008, 73 p.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Backiel T., Zawisza J. 1968 – Synopsis of biological data on the bream Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758) – FAO Fisheries Synopsis, 36: 1-122.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Bertalanffy L. von 1938 – A quantitative theory of organic growth (inquiries on growth laws. II) – Human Biol. 10: 181-213.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Carlander K.D. 1956 – Fish growth rate studies: techniques and role in surveys and management – In: Transaction of the Twenty-First North American Wildlife Conference, 26: 262-274.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Daget J., Le Guen J.C. 1975 – Les critères d’âge chez les poissons – In : Problèmes d’écologie: la démographie des populations de Vertébrés (Eds) M. Lamotte, F. Bourlière, Masson, Paris : 253-289.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Dauba F., Biró P. 1992 – Growth of bream, Abramis brama L., in two outside basins of different trophic state of Lake Balaton – Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol. Hydrogr. 77: 225-235.10.1002/iroh.19920770205
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Fréon P. 1988 – Réponses et adaptations des stocks de Clupéidés d’Afrique de l’Ouest ŕ la variabilité du milieu et de l’exploitation – Etudes et Thèses. ORSTOM Editions, p. 287.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Gayanilo Jr. F.C., Sparre P., Pauly D. 1996 – The FAO-ICLARM stock assessment tools (FiSAT) user’s guide – FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries), 8: 1-126.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Goldspink C.R. 1981 – A note on the growth - rate and year-class strength of bream, Abramis brama (L.), in three eutrophic lakes, England – J. Fish Biol. 19: 665-673.10.1111/j.1095-8649.1981.tb03832.x
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Hartvich P., Kubečka J. 1989 – Evaluation of fish growth by the method of increment differences – Živoč–. Vyr. 34: 917-924.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Huo T.B., Yuan M.Y., Jiang Z.F. 2011 – Length-weight relationships of 23 fish species from the Ergis River in Xingjiang, China – J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27: 937-938.10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01528.x
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kakareko T. 2001 – The diet, growth and condition of common bream, Abramis brama (L.) in Włocławek Reservoir – Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 31: 37-57.10.3750/AIP2001.31.2.04
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kangur P. 1996 – On the biology of bream, Abramis brama (L.) in Lake Peipsi in 1994 – Hydrobiologia 338: 173-177.10.1007/BF00031721
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kennedy M., Fitzmaurice P. 1968 – The biology of the bream Abramis brama (L.) in Irish waters – Proc. R. Irish Acad. Sci. 67: 95-157.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kesteven G.L. 1946 – An examination of certain aspects of the methodology and theory of fisheries biology. (New Haven, Bingham Oceanogr. Lab., Mimeographed, 211 p.).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kompowski A. 1982 – On some aspects of biology of bream, Abramis brama (L., 1758) inhabiting the River Regalica and Lake Dąbie – Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 12: 3-25.10.3750/AIP1982.12.1.01
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kubečka J. 1990 – Age composition, growth and reproduction of the roach (Rutilus rutilus) and bream (Abramis brama) of the Římov Reservoir – Jihočeské museum v Českých Budějovicích 30 (Suppl. 2): 94-100 (in Czech).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kupchinskii B.S. 1984 – Ekologo-morfologicheskava leshcha Abramis brama orientalis berg (Cyprinidae) ozera Kotokel (Zabaykale) – Vopr. Ikhtiologii. 24: 585-586 (in Russian).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lagler K.F. 1956 – Freshwater Fishery Biology – W.C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa, p. 420.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lammens E.H.R.R. 1982 – Growth, condition and gonad development of bream (Abramis brama L.) in relation to its feeding conditions in Tjeukemeer – Hydrobiologia 95: 311-320.10.1007/BF00044492
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Ma B., Xie C., Huo B., Yang X., Li P. 2011 – Age validation, and comparison of otolith, vertebra and opercular bone for estimating age of Schizothorax o’connori in the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet – Environ. Biol. Fish. 90: 159-169.10.1007/s10641-010-9727-5
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Marciak Z. 1972 – Relationship of limnological features to growth of bream (Abramis brama L.) and its catches in Polish lakes – Verh. Int. Ver. Theor. Angew. Limnol. 18: 1182-1189.10.1080/03680770.1972.11899593
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Matenova V., Kubecka J., Matena J., Seda J. 1998 – Growth rate of the common bream in lowland European reservoirs with different fish density – Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 83: 585-590.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Pauly D., Munro J.L. 1984 – Once more on the comparison of growth in fish and invertebrates – Fishbyte 2: 1-21.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Phelps Q.E., Edwards K.R., Willis K. 2007 – Precision of five structures for estimating age of common carp – N. Am. J. Fish. Manage. 27: 103-105.10.1577/M06-045.1
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Ricker W.E. 1973 – Linear regressions in fishery research – J. Fish. Board Can. 30: 409-434.10.1139/f73-072
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Sokolova E.L. 1990 – On some indicators of the growth and reproduction of bream in Karakuni Reservoir – Vopr. Ichtiol. 30: 1012-1015 (in Russian).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Specziár A., Tölg L., Bíró P. 1997 – Feeding strategy and growth of cyprinids in the littoral zone of Lake Balaton – J. Fish Biol. 51: 1109-1124.10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01130.x29991172
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Stankus S. 2006 – Growth parameters of bream (Abramis brama L.) in the Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania – Acta Zool. Lituanica 16: 293-302.10.1080/13921657.2006.10512744
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Tarkan A.S., Gaygusuz Ö., Acıpınar H., Gürsoy Ç., Özuluğ M. 2006 – Length–weight relationship of fishes from the Marmara region (NW – Turkey) – J. Appl. Ichthyol. 22: 271-273.10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00711.x
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Tierney D., Donnelly R.E., Caffrey J.M. 1999 – Growth of bream, Abramis brama (L.) in Irish canals and implications for management – Fisheries Manag. Ecol. 6: 487-498.10.1046/j.1365-2400.1999.00164.x
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Treer T., Opacak A., Anicic I., Safner R., Piria M., Odak T. 2003 – Growth of bream, Abramis brama, in the Croatian section of the Danube – Czech J. Anim. Sci. 48: 251-256.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Vasnetsov V.V., Eremeeva E.F., Lange N.O., Dmitrieva E.N., Braginskaya R.Ya. 1957 – Developmental stages of commercial fishes of Volga and Don – Abramis brama, Cyprinus carpio, Rutilus rutilus caspicus, Rutilus rutilus heckeli and Lucioperca lucioperca – Tr. Inst. Morfol. Zhivotn. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 16:7-76 (in Russian).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Verreycken H., Van Thuyne G., Belpaire C. 2011 – Length–weight relationships of 40 freshwater fish species from two decades of monitoring in Flanders (Belgium) – J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27: 1416-1421.10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01815.x
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Yankov Y., Zivkov M. 1988 – Maturation and size and sexual structures of the populations of brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario L.) in the main trout-inhabited rivers in Bulgaria – Hydrobiology 32: 68-84 (in Bulgarian).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Zhang Z.M., Xie C.X., Ding H.P., Liu C.J., Ma X.F., Cai L.G. 2016 – Age and growth of bream Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758) in the downstream section of Irtysh River in China – J. Appl. Ichthyol. 32: 105-109.10.1111/jai.12944
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Žiliukienė V., Žiliukas V. 2011 – Growth rate of freshwater bream (Abramis brama (L.)) in Lake Rubikiai (Lithuania) – Acta Zool. Lituanica, 21: 3-9.10.2478/v10043-011-0003-5
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Živkov M. 1980 – Numerical dynamics of fish populations in the Batak Dam. V. Maturity and sex ratio – Hydrobiology 12: 49-62 (in Bulgarian).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Živkov M.T., Trichkova T.A., Raikova-Petrova G.N. 1999 – Biological reasons for the unsuitability of growth parameters and indices for comparing fish growth – Environ. Biol. Fish. 54: 67-76.10.1023/A:1007425005491
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Age and growth of common bream, Abramis brama (L.), caught at Hammam Debagh Reservoir (Guelma, northeast Algeria)

Abstract

Paradigm

My account