I interesting in the biology of fish now, have some things, I don't understand about maturity fish. How do we know or make sure that the L50 assessment is really mature fish if not using the GSI method? please
As someone pointed out clearly, histology of gonads can be used to see whether fish is matured or not. But again, the question comes why you want to see the maturity in fish? Do you want to do any experiments or want to do some breeding trials? If your interest is to do the breeding, then try to notice the body colour and behavioural patterns. In general, most fish exhibits a change in body colour when they get matured; but again depends on the species...