Abstract:It was possible to estimate the productivity based on the relative abundance indexobtained by catches of juvenile prawns (Penaeus orintalis). Since the resource andthe area of distribution of juvenile prawns in three bays of Po Hai are unequal, itis nacessary to use the weight coefficients by approximate method in the estimation.It is found that the optimal weight coeffcients for Liaodong Wan, Pohai Wan andLaizhou Wan of Po Hai are 1. 75, 4. 25 and 4. 00 respectively. The result of statistical analysis shows that there is a simple linear relationship between the catches and the relative abundance index. At present, within the range ofthe recent fishing effort, the varied effort has little significance in the prawn fishery. In recent years. owing to the increase of the resource of prawns (When the rela-tive abundance index is more than 1,000) it is found that there existed a signifcantdifference in number of the predicted values, as compared with the actual yields. Hen-ce, we have amended the prediction method as follows: 1. The catches are predicted by the relative abundance indexes. Thus, we haveY = 37.57e~(-1.054-3x), where Y the predicted catches, x the relative abundance index. 2. If the relative abundance index was more than 1,000, we may have to predictwith equation (4) and if it was less than 1,000, we may have to predict with equation(3).