Spatial distribution of pacific herring Clupea pallasii in the Tatar Strait (Japan Sea) in April-June
https://doi.org/10.26428/1606-9919-2025-205-298-313
EDN: BJNIAY
Abstract
Spatial distribution of pacific herring in the Tatar Strait in spring (April-June) is considered on the data of bottom trawl surveys conducted in 2002–2022. Although the herring occur everywhere in this season, the main aggregations are located at the depths shallower of 100 m with water temperature at the bottom 0–2 °C. In spite of some interannual variations caused by temperature conditions, pre-spawning herring concentrate in rather stable areas.
The herring spawned in the Chikhachov/de Castries Bay form the densest aggregations at the mainland and island coasts in the northern Tatar Strait, on the traverse of spawning grounds.
The fish of the size 10–28 cm prevail there. The herring belonged to the Sakhalin-Hokkaido population distribute mainly over the shallows from Chekhov to Ilinsky. Their size is 16–30 cm but the portion of large-sized fish (> 25 cm) has increased in recent years. The herring abun- dance is the lowest in the southwestern Tatar Strait.
Keywords
pacific herring,
Tatar Strait,
trawl survey,
pre-spawning aggregation,
depth range,
water temperature,
size composition
Supporting agencies: This study is conducted within the framework of the Governmental Task to the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography No. 076-00001-24-00.
About the Authors
E. R. Ivshina
Sakhalin branch of VNIRO (SakhNIRO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elsa R. Ivshina, Ph.D., leading researcher
196, Komsomolskaya Str., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023
I. N. Mukhametov
Sakhalin branch of VNIRO (SakhNIRO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilyas N. Mukhametov, Ph.D., head of sector
196, Komsomolskaya Str., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023
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Ivshina E.R., Mukhametov I.N. Spatial distribution of pacific herring Clupea pallasii in the Tatar Strait (Japan Sea) in April-June. Izvestiya TINRO. 2025;205(2):298-313. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26428/1606-9919-2025-205-298-313. EDN: BJNIAY
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