The abundance and species composition of sturgeon in the northern Caspian Sea

This study was carried out in the northern Caspian Sea on Gidrobiolog vessel in summer 2006 to assess the abundance and species composition of sturgeons. We used bottom trawl (9m) and gillnets with mesh size 60, 110, 250 and 290mm. Totally 104 sturgeons were caught which included ten Acipenser guldenstadtii (69.9%), two Acipenser persicus (15.4%) and one Acipenser stellatus (7.7%) in the trawl samples. The species caught by gillnet were 34 A. guldenstadtii (37.4%), 53 A. persicus (58.2%) and four Huso huso (4.4%). The average total length and weight of A. guldenstadtii caught by trawl were 65.8 plus or minus 5.14cm and 1248.5 plus or minus 495.75g respectively and for those caught in gillnet were 83.14 plus or minus 2.99cm, 3101 plus or minus 443.66g. The average total length and weight of A. persicus caught by gillnet were 75 plus or minus 3.60cm and 1806.79 plus or minus 158.05g.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kor, D., Fatemi, M.R., Kaymaram, F.
Format:	Journal Contribution biblioteca
Language:	Persian
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Fishing vessels, Anadromous species, Bottom trawls, Check lists, Gillnets, Species Composition, Trawl nets, Acipenser stellatus, Huso huso, Acipenser, Acipenser persicus, Acipenser guldenstadtii, Brackish, Weight, Length, Abundance, Body size,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/11676
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