The features of distribution and several biological traits of sablefish <i>Anoplopoma fimbria </i>in the Pacific Ocean waters of Southeast Kamchatka and the Northern Kuril Islands
The spatial-bathymetric distribution of sablefish in the Pacific Ocean waters of Southeast Kamchatka and the Northern Kurile Islands (from 47°50′ to 52°00′ N. Lat.) has been characterized on the data for the period 1992-2002. The data on the size-age and size-sex structures, on the rate of maturation and the composition of food of sablefish have been provided; the interannual, seasonal and daily dynamics of sablefish catches in the area mentioned has been analyzed. On the authors' view a satellite population of sablefish can inhabit on the Asian coast and it probably can get spawning just in the periods of high stock abundance of this species in the core areas of spawning areal in the northeast part of Pacific Ocean.