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LE SPRAT (SPRATTUS SPRATUS L.) DU LITTORAL ROUMAIN DE LA MER NOIRE


 Ileana Cautis

 Institut Roumain de Recherches Marines Constantza 

Abstract 
The paper discusses of the results of researches carried out 
over the 1956-1969 period on various aspects of sprat. (Sprattus 
sprattus L.) biology; this fish is caught near the Romanian Black Sea
coast. The structure of the population living in this area is also 
determined and the parameters showing the characteristics of this 
population and its dynamics are given. Some correlations are esta-
blished that can be used as elements in drawing up prognoses. The 
particularities inducing high shifts in sprat fishing near the 
Romanian Black Sea coast as well as those determining the restoration
of the stocks are discussed.