Black sea Grass prawn Palaemon adspersus (Decapoda, Palaemonidae): biology, fisheries and problems
2017
Boltachev, A.R. | Statkevich, S.V. | Кarpova, E.P. | Khutorenko, I.V.
The article is devoted to the peculiarities of the distribution and biology of the Black Sea grass prawn (Baltic prawn) Palaemon adspersus. The results of studies of the size composition of males and females, fertility, features of spawning and seasonal migrations of this species in the coastal zone of Crimea in the Karkinitsky Gulf have been given. The peak of spawning is observed in May and June; the initial fecundity of females depending on their total length in the range of 48–63.4 mm increases from 549 to 2281 eggs per one female. Information about fishery of the prawn in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov have been presented. Catches of the Black Sea grass prawn in the Crimea in 2016 amounted to approximately 80 tons. It is proposed to change the timing of the ban catch Black Sea grass prawn, setting it from 15 April to 15 July; fees to determine the size of the penalties of her illegal fishing to calculate catch per unit of mass – one kilogramm
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