The relationships between length-weight, and meat yield of freshwater crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823) of Aktaş Lake

In this study, determination of morphometric analysis and meat yields were aimed in male and female crayfish caught from Aktaş Lake, where commercial crayfish hunting is prohibited. The length distribution of 157 crayfish (nmale= 81 and nfemale= 76) was examined in the study. It was determined that there was a strong linear relationship between carapace length and weight of both male and female crayfish (r ♂ = 0.962, r ♀= 0.976, r ♂ + ♀ = 0.9712). The "b values" obtained as a result of regression analysis showed that male crayfish had positive weight gain, and female crayfish had negative weight gain, and all individuals had positive allometric weight gain (b♂= 3.041, b♀= 2.954 ve b♂+♀=3.0167). It was shown that there was a linear relationship between abdominal meat quantities and carapace lengths of male and female crayfish. Abdominal meat yield, chelae meat yield and total meat yield in male crayfish was 10.03%, 4.60% and 14.63%, respectively, abdominal meat yield, chelae meat yield and total meat yield in female crayfish was 11.59%, 2.73% and 14.32%, respectively