A Stage-Structured Fishery Model for African Catfish and Nile Tilapia Feeding on Two Food Resources with Harvesting

Table 4

Parameters for Nile tilapia, denoted in our model.

Parameter	Definition	Value	Unit	Source
	Size at birth	0.02	g	[60]
	Maturation size of adults	176	g	[61]
	Maintenance rate		day^-1	[48, 50]
	Natural mortality rate		day^-1	[52]
	Half saturation constant		g/L	[53, 54]
	Maximum ingestion rate for juveniles		day^-1	[49, 51]
	Maximum ingestion rate for adults		day^-1	[23]
	Conversion efficiency rate for juveniles	0.5	—	[50]