The spawning of the sprat, Sprattus sprattus (L.), in the Kvarner region and Rijeka Bay

Abstract

       As the spawning places of sprat in Kvarner - Rijeka Region were not established with certainly to this day, we performed examination of presence of the planktonic eggs of this species once in a month, on 12 stations, in spawning period 1972 - 1973.

       There was established that this species of fish spawns on the whole examined region from November until May. The most intensive spawning of sprat was attained in De­cember with totally 1181 eggs.