Dynamics of stocks of Japanese icefish Salangichthys microdon and the possibility of it forecasting in the Primorsky Krai (Japan Sea)

Abstract

Japanese icefish Salangichthys microdon is a commercial but little studied species in the Far Eastern waters of Russia. The intraseasonal and interannual dynamics of estimates of the abundance of noodle fish in estuaries is characterized by sharp fluctuations: the values of the minimum and maximum estimates differ by more than 100 times. The instant total mortality rate of fish noodles is 2,06, and the total annual mortality rate is 0,87.