Biology and fishing of the lake form of the saffron cod Eleginus gracilis in the south-east of Kamchatka

Abstract

In a comparative aspect, the size and age composition, fatness, maturation and nutrition of the saffron cod in the lakes Nerpichye, Bolshoy Kalygir and Bolshoy Vilyu are considered. The features of habitat conditions and annual life cycle are investigated. At the present stage, saffron cod in the studied waters is an object of amateur ice fishing.