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Total length tl is the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of. Weight length curves are developed by weighing and measuring samples of fish from the population. Girth x girth x length 800 weight. Standard weight in fish is the typical or expected weight at a given total length for a specific species of fish. Body depth is not girth. 10 x 10 x 24 800 3.

The body length of harvested fish is essential information. The best way to obtain this length is to push the fishs snout up against a vertical surface with the mouth closed and the fish laying along a tape measure then pinch the tail fin closed and determine the total length. La0568 lt2293 which are shown in figure 1. Fish holding identification and measurement of length and weight 2 7 procedure 71 temporary holding of fish 1. Most standard weight equations are for freshwater fish species. Snout length is measured from the tip of the snout or mouth whichever is most anterior to the most anterior part of the eye or orbit.

Distance between the snout or premaxilla the posterior most edge of the opercular bone. X research source for example if the fish is 24 inches 61 cm long and it has a girth of 10 inches 25 cm the formula would look like. The total length is the maximum length of the fish with the mouth closed and the tail fin pinched together. This is a vertical measurement. This container is to be filled with water sourced from the site. Body depth is the maximum distance find where the deepest vertical measurement can be made between the dorsal and ventral portions of the fish.

The experimental building contains 44 indoor tanks made of glass fiber reinforced plastic. Place captured fish into a holding container eg. Distance from anteriormost part of the body to the first dorsal fin ray. Standard length sl is the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural platesimply put this measurement excludes the length of the caudal tail fin. Commercially the body lengths determine the value of the fish cargoes and from the point of view of sustainability the body length of a fish determines its maturity and is thus used as a control parameter for the management of aquatic resources. To get an estimate of the fishs weight input the measurements you got for length and girth into the formula.

Mean values of lp and la were plotted against total length to give two straight line relationships lp0728 lt0788. A sample of over two hundred fish covering the whole of the length range was taken and on each fish measurements were made of lt lp and la. The oplegnathus punctatus fish length estimation experiment is performed in mingbo fishery which is a land based factory using a closed recirculating marine aquaculture system located in the laizhou bay of china. These relationships were therefore calculated as follows. Measurement from the tip of the snout or premaxilla to the base of the caudal fin hypural joint where a groove forms. If the fish catch is large change water often during processing.

Each tank is 08 m deep with a diameter of 30 m filling with seawater.