Borges, Teresa C.Olim, S.Erzini, Karim2016-12-232016-12-232003-120175-8659AUT: KER00534; TBO00930;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8908Weight and length descriptive statistics are reported for 73 fish species discarded in the commercial fisheries from the south coast of Portugal. Parameters of the weight-length relationship were estimated for 57 of these species. These are the first weight-length parameters reported for 20 of these species. For an additional 16 species for which no weight-length parameters have been reported, the parameter a was estimated by setting b = 3.0. Samples were used from five gear types: crustacean trawler, fish trawler, pelagic purse seine, demersal purse seine and trammel net. Samples were obtained from depths ranging from <30 m to >500 m and included pelagic and demersal species.engjournal article10.1111/j.1439-0426.2003.00480.x