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The age and growth of red tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus in two fishery grounds off the Kaetsu region, Niigata Prefecture, northern Sea of Japan were examined using otolith cross-section and surface methods. Assuming annual formation of ring marks and a hatching date of 1 September, inferred on the basis of observed monthly changes in the proportion of mature females (gonadosomatic index ≥ 2.5), ages were assigned to individuals according to the number of ring marks. The von Bertalanffy growth equations for females and males in the coastal fishery ground off the Kaetsu region (KFG) and a relatively offshore fishery ground near Awashima Island (AWFG) were as follows: \(L_{t} ({\text{mm}}) = 349 \left[ {1 - \exp \left\{ { - \,0.342 \left( {t\, + \,0.350} \right)} \right\}} \right]\) and \(L_{t} ({\text{mm}}) = 489 \left[ {1 - \exp \left\{ { - \,0.237 \left( {t\, + \,0.396} \right)} \right\}} \right]\) for KFG, \(L_{t} ({\text{mm}}) = 278 \left[ {1 - \exp \left\{ { - \,0.571 \left( {t - 0.372} \right)} \right\}} \right]\) and \(L_{t} ({\text{mm}}) = 509 \left[ {1 - \exp \left\{ { - \,0.183 \left( {t\, + \,0.152} \right)} \right\}} \right]\) for AWFG, respectively. Estimated total length (TL) at each age for females and males from these equations was larger for KFG than for AWFG. Observed maximum age was 40 and 32 years for female and male from KFG, respectively, both being approximately twice the maximum age reported in other waters, including AWFG.
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The authors are grateful to the staff of the Iwafune Branch of the Niigata Fishery Cooperative, the brokers at Iwafune fish market, and the officers and crew of RV Mizuho-Maru of the Japan Sea National Fisheries Research Institute for their help in obtaining samples. We are also grateful to Shizuo Nakajima, Toshio Miyakawa, Yosuke Suto, Mitsuhiro Oe, and various fishermen for providing the statistical (landed) data of red tilefish at Iwafune fishing port/fish market and invaluable fishery information. The authors thank Yuki Inagaki for her help in processing the samples and preparing otolith sections. This study was supported in part by “Marine fisheries stock assessment and evaluation for Japanese waters.”
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Iseki, T., Yagi, Y., Uehara, S. et al. Age and growth of red tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus in two fishery grounds off the Kaetsu region, Niigata Prefecture, northern Sea of Japan. Fish Sci 88, 667–676 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-022-01629-7
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