黄海西部渔业资源状况

黄海是中国大陆和朝鲜半岛之间的陆架浅海,北起鸭绿江口,南迄长江口北,西北部与渤海相通,南部和东海相连。这个海域位于暖温带,既有暖流的进入,又有沿岸流和冷水团终年存在。这样的环境条件,决定了海洋动物区系和渔业资源中以暖温性鱼类(小黄鱼、真鲷、蓝点鲅、青鳞鱼、皱唇鲨、孔鳐等)为主、同时兼有暖水性(鲐鱼、鳓鱼等)和冷温性(太平洋鲱、鳕鱼

STATUS OF FISHERY RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN HUANGHAI SEA

The faunistic character of the fishery resources in the western Huanghai Sea is basically the same as that of the entire Huanghai Sea. Fish constitutes the major part of fishery resources, with a total of about 250 species. Crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs, molluscs such as cuttle fishes, clams, and snails, totalling some 200 species, also constitute an important part of the fishery resources. Besides the above mentioned, the jelly fish (Rhopilema esculenta) is another important commercial species. Among them only about 40 species have fishing value. Their importance as a fishing item differs, and some species have a remarkable fluctuation in their stock size. The annual yield of which are described in this paper.