Current state of the population of masu sala Oncorhynchus masou (salmoniformes) in the rivers of the mainland coast of the Tatar Strait and prospects for its fishing

The paper presents the results of studying the masu salmon ( Oncorhynchus masou ) in the water bodies of the Tatar Strait (hereinafter – the rivers of the specified region within the Khabarovsk Territory). After a significant period of low numbers, an increase in masu salmon stocks was noted in the rivers of the coast of the Tatar Strait (the Botchi, Koppi, Tumnin Rivers, etc.). The number of masu salmon here in the last 10 years has been 100–350 thousand specimens with a biomass of 300–1000 tons. Analysis of masu salmon stocks allows us to recommend opening the production (catch) of this species in the Khabarovsk Territory in the mode of amateur fishing in areas, with fishing gear and in order to ensure the traditional way of life and the implementation of traditional economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation.