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2.2.2 Life span of a Fish
2.2.2. Life span of a fish
The life of fish varies greatly. About 75 percent of the fish species have life span between 2 and 20 years, 60 percent have life span of 5 to 20 years Less than 10 percent have life span of over 30 years (Nikoloskii, 1980.)
The largest fish with longest life span will usually have large predators. The life span of a fish stock is much influenced by food supply, maturation and even the number of recruits released.
One form of the life table takes a cohort of individuals born at the same time and records the numbers remaining alive at regular time intervals until all dead.
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