Species composition of fish of Belokamennaya Bay (Kola Inlet) marked in May and August–October 2022

Abstract

The species composition of the ichthyofauna of Belokamennaya Bay were carried out from May to October 2022 was studied. 10 species of fish belonging to 6 families were found in the study area. Most of the species belong to the boreal complex. The commercial status in the Barents Sea has seven (70 %) species of fish. The European flounder Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) dominated in abundance (35 %) and the pollock Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) (33 %). In terms of biomass, a large share of the catch (43.6 %) was occupied by European flounder, and the European sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) also accounted for a significant part – 22.2 %.