p. 173 - 189 FLUCTUATIONS DANS LA STRUCTURE DES STOCKS ANNUELS DE CHINCHARD (TRACHURUS MEDITERRANEUS PONTICUS, ALEEV) PECHE PRES DE LA COTE ROUMAINE DE LA MER NOIRE Ileana Cautis et Florica Verioti-Marinescu Institut Roumain de Recherches Marines Constanta Abstract The paper presents the horse mackerel population characteristics fished on Roumanian sea shore, as a result of continuous sampling carried out on annual catch. Compared with results obtained on Bulgarian sea shore, the authors are demonstrating the unity and homogenity of the horse mackerel population from the west side of the Black Sea.