Estudo sobre a ictiofauna acompanhante da pesca do camarão sete-barbas (Xyphopenaeus kroyeri) nas proximidades da Baía de Santos - SP: I - aspectos quantitativos

Abstract

During the sea-bob shrimp fishery~ a large quantity of miscellaneous fishes are caught of which the most part was discarded inthe sea. In this paper~ quantitative aspects of this bycatch products are analized e.g. diversity ofichthyofauna~ catch per unit effort and proportions of the sea-bob shrimp versus acompanying fish fauna. Sampling has been made from Sept. 1981 to Sept. 1983 at Santos bay~ one of the most important fishing area from Brazil. A total of 5583 fishes were collected during 28 fishery operations with otter-trawl.