The amur pike (Esox reicherti Dybowski) in Fishes of the Amur Basin (results of the Ichthylogical Expedition to the Amur Region, 1945-1949 by G. V. Nikolsky, 1956) (Fisheries research report: 1787)

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At the Amur River bed, pike feed in the summer on cebak, and so
compete with Amur zereh (Pseudaspirus leptocephalus Pallas).
Economic importance
Pike represent one of the basic commercial fishes of the
Amur Basin. It is intensively fished commercially at the upper,
middle and lower flows of the Amur River.
Catches of pike in the Amur Basin in recent years are
given as follows:

Year
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941

Middle Amur commercial fisheries which have
quantitatively the best catch of pike 1
Catch Catch
Year Year
(kg) (kg)
2, 063, 800 1942 596, 700 1947
2, 027, 100 1943 1, 007, 200 1948
1, 586, 600 1944 949, 200 1949
967, 400 1945 246, 000
738, 400 1946 232, 900

Catch
(kg)
792, 800
797, 700
1, 148, 500

1Data of the original tables were given in old Russian commercial
weight measures. They have been translated into the metric
measures considering that: 1 centner = 100 kg; 1 pood = 16. 38 kg.