Analysis of the nothern shrimp fi shery in the south-eastern part of the Sea of Okhotsk in 2018–2022

The article updates information on the northern shrimp fishery since 2017. Averaged daily reports from vessels from the industry monitoring system of Rosrybolovstvo were analyzed. Results obtained from vessels in the course of fishery monitoring in 2018–2019, 2022 were added. It is found out that, similarly to previous years, the main fishing period falls on the winter-spring period with maximum catches in March– April. The proportion of the catch at this time reached 70% of the TAC. The fishery was mainly conducted at depths of 300–400 m, where, according to data obtained during the fishery monitoring, the highest abundance rates were observed. In autumn, the catch did not exceed 0.1–13% of the TAC, depending on the year of fishing. According to the ship’s daily reports, there has been an increase in average daily catch in recent years from 2.8 in 2018 to 4.5 tons in 2022. The quantitative and qualitative composition of the catches in recent years has been at the same level as in previous years, with all averages remaining at the same level.