Life-history and population dynamic of the White treads fish, Holothuria leucospilota in the Iranian part of the Oman Sea with a note on its conservation and management

Seyed Ahmad Reza Hashemi; Mastoorh Doustdar; Teymour Aminrad; Alberto de Jesús Navarrete; Sylvie M. Gaudron

doi:10.22034/ijab.v10i3.1626

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Seyed Ahmad Reza Hashemi
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Offshore Fisheries Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Chabahar, Iran.
Mastoorh Doustdar Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.
Teymour Aminrad Offshore Fisheries Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Chabahar, Iran.
Alberto de Jesús Navarrete El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-Unidad Chetumal. Av. Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Sylvie M. Gaudron Lille University, Littoral Côte d’Opale, CNRS, UMR 8187 Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences, 59000 Lille, France.

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In the present study, the Life-history and population dynamic characteristics of Holothuria leucospilota were evaluated in the Iranian part of the Oman Sea by sampling at nine sites, including Ramin, Kachoo, Aliabady, Beries, Beries plane, Pasabandar, Tis, Pozm and Gurdium from March 2017 to March 2018. Biometric data of 862 specimens were obtained, and the growth and mortality indices, including infinite length (L? = 50.5 cm), growth coefficient (K = 0.51 (yr^-1)), growth performance index (? = 3.11), natural mortality (M = 0.94(yr^-1)), fishing mortality (F = 0.56 (yr^-1)), total mortality (Z = 1.50±0.12 (yr^-1)) and exploitation coefficient (E = 0.36 (yr^-1)) and time zero (-0.27) were calculated. Mean of relative production per recruitment (Y' / R_p), relative biomass per recruitment (B' / R_p) and exploitation rate (U) of the studied population of H. leucospilota were 0.02, 0.30, and 0.28, respectively. Mean GSI and maturity stage indicated that the spawning seasons were June (spring) and December (autumn). The mean size at first sexual maturity (LM₅₀) was 246 mm for males, 220 mm for females and 225 mm for both sexes. The results of the current work showed that the studied H. leucospilota stock had not yet reached to overfished’ status.

Hashemi, S. A. R., Doustdar, M., Aminrad, T., de Jesús Navarrete, A., & Gaudron, S. M. (2022). Life-history and population dynamic of the White treads fish, Holothuria leucospilota in the Iranian part of the Oman Sea with a note on its conservation and management. International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 10(3), 262–272. https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v10i3.1626

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