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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access originally published online on October 20, 2008
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2008 65(9):1593-1599; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn172
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Reproductive biology of the green tiger prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus) in coastal waters of Bushehr, Persian Gulf

Nassir Niamaimandi1, Arshad Aziz2, Daud Siti Khalijah2, Saed Che Roos3 and Bahram Kiabi4

1 Iran Shrimp Research Center, PO Box 1374, Bushehr, Iran
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
3 Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence to N. Niamaimandi: tel: +98 771 2526686; fax: +98 771 2522782; e-mail: nmaimandi{at}yahoo.com.

Niamaimandi, N., Aziz, A., Siti Khalijah, D., Che Roos, S. and Kiabi, B. 2008. Reproductive biology of the green tiger prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus) in coastal waters of Bushehr, Persian Gulf. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1593–1599.

The reproductive cycle of the green tiger prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus) was investigated in the coastal waters of Bushehr, Iran, Persian Gulf, from January 2003 to March 2004, with the aim of determining spawning seasons, durations, and locations in those waters. Bushehr waters are one of the main fishing grounds for P. semisulcatus in the Persian Gulf. Spawning peaks between December and March, but there is also some spawning in October. The minimum size at maturity was 24 mm carapace length (CL), and 50% were mature at 40 mm CL. The proportion of females that mated increased sharply above this size (40 mm), with 90% of females sexually mature at 54 mm CL. Spawning took place in a limited part of the study area, mostly offshore. Overexploiting the spawning stock could result in reduced reproductive output, limiting fishery production.

Keywords: Bushehr, Penaeus semisulcatus, Persian Gulf, reproductive biology

Received 13 January 2008; accepted 10 September 2008; advance access publication 20 October 2008.


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