This paper purpose to analysis the spatio-temporal variation of catch which caught by trawl sampling vessels in Tungkang Linyuan, Tzguan, and Jiading areas from 1997 to 2011. Moreover, to analysis the catch composition and it’s seasonally variation which base on the 14,828 nets haul catch record data were collected from trawl sampling vessels in the southwestern areas of Taiwan. There is trend of the catch increasing every year in Tungkang Tzguan, and Jiading areas after 2001 and it were especially significant in Tungkang Tzguan areas. The trash fish was occupy a highest rate of the catch in in Tungkang Linyuan, Tzguan, and Jiading areas, and the rate of its catch is up to nearly 50% any season in the first three areas; White common hairtail (Trichiurus japonicus) accounts for second priority of the catch in Tungkang Linyuan, and Tzguan areas.
In the meanwhile, the variation of the annual catch and catch per unit effort (CPUE), the productive biology of Red bigeye fish (Priacanthus macracanthus) were studied. The catch has trend recovery increase of Red bigeye fish in the southwestern waters of Taiwan after 2011, and the annual average fork length increases with catch. Minimum body size at sexual maturity was estimated to be 214.6mm FL for females and 219.8mm FL for males. Red bigeye fish spawned very prolong, it take place during February and July with a peak of reproductive activity in January to April. It is suggested that the fish may be an multiple-batch, single spawner. The spawning ground was distributed in the waters between Kaohsiung and Tungkang, and the southeastern waters of Liuchium. Namely, the waters which above 100 m depth between Fanliao and Fanshan. There had caught the larvae of Red bigeye fish in the south western waters of Liuchium and the waters of Fanshan. The spatio-temporal variation was no significantly different of Food species. The main Food species were Benthosema pterotum, Sergia lucens, Bregmacerotidae, Oplophoroidea, Leiognathidae and Pasiphaea orientalis. There were no significantly different in reproduction and food of Red bigeye fish, especially, minimum body size at sexual maturity in 1992 and 2011.