TY - JOUR T1 - Population Structure, Exploitation Status, and Prospects of Brown Meagre Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 From the Turkish Coast of the Black Sea AU - Karadurmuş, Uğur AU - Bodur, Barış AU - Aydın, Mehmet PY - 2023 DA - March Y2 - 2022 DO - 10.33714/masteb.1178161 JF - Marine Science and Technology Bulletin JO - Mar. Sci. Tech. Bull. PB - Adem Yavuz SÖNMEZ WT - DergiPark SN - 2147-9666 SP - 1 EP - 11 VL - 12 IS - 1 LA - en AB - The brown meagre (Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758) population has experienced dramatic population declines, and it was regionally assessed as “Near Threatened” in the Mediterranean. In this study, the current status of brown meagre populations in the Black Sea was evaluated by estimating growth and mortality rates based on age readings from the otolith. All specimens were collected by commercial trammel nets between March 2019 and February 2020 in the Turkish coast of the Black Sea. 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