p. 133 - 164 RECHERCHES ICHTYOLOGIQUES ROUMAINES DANS L'ATLANTIQUE NORD OUEST 1973 Viorel Dumitrescu Institut Roumain de Recherches Marines Constantza Abstract The paper presents the results of the catches analysis of the roumanian trawlers that have fished in NW Atlantic, in 1973. Some species are of the particular importance from which cod and mackerel dominate. It points out the high value of the yield of Statistical Area 6. At the same time some considerations are done concerning both the state of the main species stocks on the basis of catches structure and proportions between different parts of the bodies.