Surveys and commercial fishing landings data of the short fin squid Illex argentinus were analyzed to address three related issues: the seasonal and spatial pattern of abundance; seasonal and regional variation of growth ...

The coastal demersal sciaenid Macrodon atricauda (Günther, 1880), formerly M. ancylodon (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) was sampled for ageing during four periods (1977–1979, 1984–1986, 1997–1998 and (2006–2009) in commercial ...

Southwestern Atlantic wreckfish Polyprion americanus (27◦56 S and 34◦52 S) were aged using transverse thin sections of the sagittae otoliths of 390 individuals (44–155 cm TL, total length). The index of average percentage ...

Exemplares de Illex argentinus capturados pela pesca comercial ao longo do sul do Brasil foram amostrados mensalmente de Março de 2007 a Janeiro de 2008, para comprimento dorsal do manto (ML), sexo, idade e maturidade e ...

A dieta e o comportamento alimentar do cherne-poveiro Polyprion americanus no sul do Brasil (28°- 34°40'S, 70-510m) foi estudada a partir de conteúdos estomacais e alimento regurgitado de peixes capturados pela pesca ...

A pesca de arrasto de tangones na plataforma continental do Rio Grande do Sul (29°S-34°40’S) é desenvolvida desde 1985 dirigida a camarões barba ruça (Artemesia longinaris) e santana (Pleoticus muelleri), linguados ...

The relative abundance and fishing potential of the commercially valuable fishes and cephalo-pods with marketable size was assessed using two seasonal bottom trawl surveys performed in 2001 and 2002 on the outer shelf and ...

A composição e distribuição das espécies de peixes e cefalópodes demersais da plataforma externa e talude superior (100 e 600 m) do extremo sul do Brasil (28°S-34°40S) foi estudada a partir de quatro levantamentos de arrasto ...

A análise das pescarias em Passo de Torres foi baseada em entrevistas e acompanhamentos de desembarques realizados entre outubro de 2007 e dezembro de 2009. O município sedia um posto de abastecimento de combustível, uma ...

Early life cephalopod stages were collected around tropical seamounts and oceanic islands off the north-eastern coast of Brazil. A total of 511 specimens was caught with oblique Bongo net hauls between 150 m depth and the ...

Cephalopod remains found in 286 stomach contents of 13 species of odontocetes (Pontoporia blainvillei, Lagenodelphis hosei, Sotalia fluviatilis, Stenella frontalis, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, Delphinus sp., ...

Trophic relations of cephalopods in southern Brazil were investigated from predation on cephalopods by 71 species of potential predators, including two squids, 47 fishes, seven seabirds and 15 marine mammals from shelf, ...

Changes in the population structure, growth, and mortality of the striped weakfish Cynoscion guatucupa of southern Brazil were studied based on data collected from commercial landings in Rio Grande between 1976 and 2002. ...

Ninety-three species of bony fishes were caught in 4 seasonal bottom-trawl surveys carried out between July 1986 and May 1987 on the outer shelf and upper slope (124 to 587 m depth) along the southern Brazilian coast (30°40' ...

Entre maio de 1992 e outubro de 1993 foram realizados cinco embarques nos quais foram amostrados 73 lances de pesca dirigida aos camarões Pleoticus muelleri e Artemesia longinaris e 144 lances a pesca de peixes, principalmente ...

Age and growth of the white flounder Paralichthys patagonicus (Jordan, 1889) were studied using sliced sagittae otoliths of 460 specimens collected ITomthe commercial fishery along southem Brazil (1989 to 1991). The changes ...

A idade e o crescimento da abrótea de profundidade, Urophycis cirrata foram estudados examinando cortes de otólitos de 345 exemplares capturados na plataforma externa e talude continental do sul do Brasil em sua maioria ...

A castanha é uma espécie demersal de hábitos alimentares epi-bentônicos, crescimento lento, que matura sexualmente com dois anos e 200 mm de comprimento e que atinge uma longevidade superior aos 20 anos. Intensamente ...

The diet and feeding of the cutlass¢shTrichiurus lepturus were studied based on analyses of the stomach contents of larvae, juveniles, and adults collected along the continental shelf and shelf break o¡ southern Brazil, ...

Morphological differences in the otoliths of Macrodon atricauda from Rio Grande do Sul State (southern Brazil) and of M. ancylodon from Para´ State (northern Brazil) were examined. Until recently, these were considered ...