Maximum Sizes of Some Species of Fish in the Far East State Marine Reserve, Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan

The results of 6-year-long observations on the size of some fish species of the Far East State Marine Reserve (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) suggest that resident fishes attain maximum size in the waters of the reserve. Compared to previously known sizes of fish, record values were found for the white-spotted greenling Hexagrammos stelleri (540 mm), the frog sculpin Myoxocephalus stelleri (490 mm), the snowy sculpin M. brandti (418 mm); the fringed blenny Chirolophis japonicus (520 mm), and some other fishes. These data confirm the opinion that the Marine Reserve waters are the reservation of the genofond of the inhabiting fish.