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Baltic Coastal Zone
No. 3 |
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(103-112)
1999 |
of Słupsk |
Andrzej Kompowski, Zbigniew Neja
Department of Marine Biological Resources,
Faculty of Marine Fisheries and Food Technology,
Agricultural
3-4 K.
Królewicza St., 71-550 Szczecin, Poland
Abstract
Within
1993-1998, exploratory catches with a small trawl, trammels, a scoop net, and
fishing rods were made in the Międzyodrze waters. Composition of the catches as
well as numbers and weight of the fish caught were compared with the
corresponding data obtained for commercial catches. The exploratory catches were
clearly dominated by roach, followed by bream, bleak, and perch. Composition of
the catches by weight was substantially different from the above pattern.
Although still dominated by roach, the weight data revealed a pronounced
contribution of white bream, perch, tench, pike, and rudd. Commercial catches
were dominated by bream, followed by blue bream, white bream, and pikeperch.
Perch and tench, numerous in the exploratory catches, contributed less than 1%
of the commercial landings; bleak, rudd, and ruffe were altogether absent in
commercial catch reports.
Key words:
fish fauna, catches, fishing gear, River Odra estuary