Length-Weight Relationship of Pompano Trachinotus Ovatus cultured in Brunei

Abstract

Length-weight relationships have been well implicated in fisheries science and population dynamics (Erzini, 1994). In practices, length-weight relationship can be used to estimate weight from length for individual fish, fish length classes, and the standing-crop biomass when the length-frequency distributing is known ( Goncalves et al., 1997; Petrakis and Stergiou, 1995). Apart from field practices, length-weight relationship has also been used to calculate the condition index of selected species as well as to compare the life history and morphological difference between populations from different regions (Nie et al., 2013; Petrakis and Stergiou, 1995). In aquaculture, length-weight relationships can also be used to assess the growth and population parameters of fish cultured in open sea rearing systems for selected species (Philipose et al., 2013).