依据我国10多个主要渔业公司1971-1982年共12年的大黄鱼捕捞统计资料,从产量分布、鱼群移动等方面,研究了东黄海大黄鱼的洄游路线。结果显示,东黄海大黄鱼只有一个种群,两处越冬场。其中,外海越冬场主要位于30°00′N~32°00′N,124°00′E~126°00′E水域,近海越冬场位于浙江中南部和福建北部禁渔线外侧。每年3-4月,外海越冬场鱼群向西进入舟山渔场和长江口渔场;5月,这部分鱼群部分向西北进入吕泗渔场沿海产卵,另一部分向西进入舟山群岛沿海的岱衢洋、大衢洋、黄泽洋和大目洋等水域产卵;到了6月,在长江口和吕泗渔场近海形成索饵群体;6-8月,索饵群体北上黄海南部近海索饵;9月,索饵群体前锋到达34°00′N禁渔线外侧;10月以后,随着冷空气南下,索饵场的大黄鱼向南做越冬洄游,并且在10月回到长江口。从这里,一部分群体游向外海越冬场,一部分群体继续南下回到东海中南部近海的越冬场。浙江中南部和福建北部禁渔线外侧近海越冬的大黄鱼群体,在春季产卵洄游中,部分北上在舟山渔场与外海来的鱼群汇合,进一步游向吕泗渔场和舟山群岛沿海产卵,部分就近游向沿岸的猫头洋、洞头洋、乐清湾、官井洋和东引岛等水域产卵,产卵后的群体在产卵场附近索饵,冬季回到就近的越冬场。
Migratory route of the greater yellow croaker,Larimichthys crocea,in the the East China Sea(ECS)and the Yellow Sea(ESYSP)was re-analyzed with fishing data collected during 1971-1982.Only one population,the ECS-ESYSP population was determined in the sampling areas.Two wintering grounds of the population were located,the offshore wintering ground lies in the waters of 30°00′-32°00′N,124°00′-126°00′E,and the nearshore wintering ground lies near the outside of the forbidden fishing zone line in the mid-southern ECS.The offshore group began spawning migration during March and April towards the waters of west Zhoushan islands and Changjiang estuary,in which they merged with the fishes,come from the nearshore group from the mid-southern ECS.Some continued to migrate northward into the waters of the Lvsi Fishing Ground,some westward to the waters of Daiquyang,Huangzeyang and Damuyang near the Zhoushan islands for spawning in May.After spawning,these fish groups moved north-east to nearshore waters of the south Yellow Sea for feeding and growing.They finally came to 34°00′N waters near the forbidden fishing zone line in September.Under the influence of cold northwest monsoon after October,the population returned to the Changjiang Estuary.From there,fishes split into two major groups,one swam eastward back to wintering ground in offshore waters,the other moved back to the wintering ground in nearshore waters in the mid-southern ECS.The parts of group wintering in waters of the mid-southern ECS to and fro between wintering grounds and nearby spawning grounds,such as the waters of the Maotouyang in Sanmen Bay,the Dongtouyang at Oujiang Estuary,and the Guanjingyang in Sansha Bay.The groups grew up in waters nearby the spawning ground.