Results of the preliminary studies on the cephalopods collected from the operation of Isaacs - Kidd Mid water Trawl net in
the Deep Scattering Layers of the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone and adjacent seas during the cruises 1-15 of FORV Sagar
Sampada are presented in this paper. Spatial, monthly and seasonal distributions of cephalopod biomass and its abundance
in the DSL have been discussed. Differences in the biomass during day and night periods are also given