Table 2. Parameters of the seasonal oscillation von Bertalanffy growth function for male, female, and pooled sex shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) estimated by ELEFAN using genetic algorithm (GA) and simulated annealing (SA)

Sex	MA	GA			SA
		L∞	K	Rn max	L∞	K	Rn max
Female	5	392.54	0.0368	0.55	449.95	0.0257	0.54
Female	7	418.18	0.0479	0.48	429.57	0.0338	0.49
Female	9	377.14	0.0479	0.40	426.31	0.0348	0.42
Female	11	395.87	0.0491	0.40	386.40	0.0644	0.44
Male	5	344.34	0.0477	0.53	392.30	0.0278	0.56
Male	7	347.24	0.0441	0.53	382.09	0.0398	0.51
Male	9	367.05	0.0739	0.48	365.98	0.0500	0.53
Male	11	313.34	0.1196	0.49	360.66	0.0843	0.54
Pooled	5	386.86	0.0396	0.42	456.20	0.0289	0.44
Pooled	7	322.58	0.0822	0.35	407.45	0.0533	0.38
Pooled	9	372.21	0.0879	0.30	437.27	0.0440	0.32
Pooled	11	385.34	0.0569	0.34	445.17	0.0441	0.34

MA, moving average; L_∞, asymptotic length; K, growth coefficient; R_n max, the maximum goodness of fit.