Optimum size

Optimum size

The average size of the fish in a year-class at the time when the instantaneous rate of natural mortality equals the instantaneous rate of growth in weight for the year-class as a whole. At this size, the biomass of the age-class is maximum.

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Industry/Domain: Fishing
Category: Marine fishery
Organization: NOAA
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