Biomass Distribution and Pattern of Myctophids in the Oman Sea

In conformity with programming to harvest from virgin resources ofmyctophids ibenthosetna pterotums in the oman sea (iranian waters), a series ofresearch cruises and trial fishings were carried out from 1992 to 1998. assessmentof b. pterotum stocks was carried out using the data obtained from a series ofseven cruises conducted by riy ferdows i in the iranian waters using modernscientific echo sounder of ek500 system in 1993-94, with complementarymonitoring surveys in the following years. the biomass estimates ranged from i to4 million tones with an average of 2.3 million tons. a number of fishing operationsusing mid-water trawls were also performed in 1994-1998 using the same vessel.distribution of b. pterotum was found to be all around the oman sea. the denseschools of this species were found in the northwest areas of the iranian waters.also the fly jahad fanoos was applied during 1994-95 to do some trial fishingsand its maximum catch was sot /h.