This study reported the length-frequency distributions of 16 economic fishes caught by the vessel of Fishery Research II and fishing boat. We also measured the seasonal catch data of each fishing zone. The dominant
fish was Psenopsis anomala (32%) in spring, Priacanthus macracanthus (39.04%) in summer, Uroteuthis chinensis (36.41%) in autumn and Priacanthus macracanthus (20.26%) in winter. Besides, the dominant species was uneconomic fish (60.1%) in Tung-kang, but fish (58.6%) in
Tzguan. The black croaker (Atrobucca nibe) is one of the important commercial species for trawl fishery in Southwestern waters off the Taiwan. This study aims to understand the reproductive biology of black croaker based on the macroscopic appearance, histological examination of ovary,gonadosomatic index. the result shows the spawning season of black croaker is during March to May and the sex ratio is 0.40 (Female/Total).
We observed the sizes of 50% maturity (L50)was 243.73 mm TL in male and 309.68 mm in female.Our survey indicated the spawning ground of black croaker was along the coast from Tzguan to kaohsiung port and from Fangliao to Fongkung.We collected the zooplankton and larval fish data using the ORI net.The abundance of zooplankton was 1168.24 g/1000m3 and abundance of larval fish was 896 ind./1000m3. The dominate species was Benthosema pterotum had 257 ind./1000m3, representing 22.61% of the total sample.The resources composition of economic crabs was belonging to 1 families and 9 species, including、Portunus sanguinolentus、Portunus pelagicus、Charybdis feriatus、Charybdis natator、Portunus argentatus、Charybdis lucifera、Thalamita crenata、Charybdis anisodon in southwestern waters off the Taiwan .