Thousands of pelagic and demersal fishes inhabit the waters around Korea and many of them are overexploited. One of the reasons is technological development, which increases the efficiency of the vessels continuously. The analysis was conducted to identify the change of fishing power index to develop the vessel and gear technology that may have improved the fishing efficiency of the otter trawl fishery from 1960s to 2010s. Gross tonnage was decreased stably, but horse power was increased annually. The perimeter of net mouth was somewhat longer, but little changed. Color fish finder was utilized from the mid-1960s. Hydraulic net drum were introduced in the early 1990s, and supply rate was gradually increased. Surveys on the supply and upgrading of fishing equipment utilized visiting research. Therefore, the relative fishing power index in the trawl fishery increased about two to three times in the 2010s compared to the 1980s. The results are expected to contribute to reasonable fisheries stock management.

The tension of warp from trawler and sea-floor contact can generate tilt and wake turbulence around otter boards. Preliminary measurements of otter board tilt and 3-D flow velocity during bottom trawl operations were taken using a vector instrument to investigate the effects of wake turbulence at the trailing edge of the otter board. Tilt data (i.e., yaw, pitch, and roll) at 1 Hz and flow data (velocities in the towing, lateral, and vertical directions) at 16 Hz were analyzed to determine their periods and amplitudes using global wavelet and peak event analyses. The mean period (±standard deviation) of the tilt from the peak event analysis (5±2 s) was longer or double than that of flow velocity (3±2 s). The two periods also had a significant linear relationship. The turbulence rate of flow was 30-50% at the trailing edge and was closely related to roll deviation. The frequency of phase difference ratios (i.e., peak time differences between tilts and flow periods) was significantly different from random occurrence in two trials, possibly due to side tidal effects. However, in the other trials, flow peaks were random, as shown by the even peak times between tilts and flows. Future studies should focus on reducing tilt variation, wake turbulence, and bottom contact to stabilize otter board motion.

The angle of attack of a cambered otter board in a bottom trawl was estimated using a three-dimensional semi-analytic treatment of a towing cable (warp) system that was applied to the field experiments of a bottom trawl obtained by the Scanmar system. The equilibrium condition of the horizontal component and vertical component of forces was used to the three forces acting on the otter board in the horizontal plane. Those forces were the force on the warp at the bracket, hydrodynamic lift and drag forces on the otter board and the force on the hand rope attached just behind the otter board. Also the equilibrium of moment about the front edge of the otter board was used to find out the angle of attack of the cambered otter board. When the warp length was 120m and 180m long and the towing speed was between 1.23 and 1.90 m/s, the estimated angle of attack of the cambered otter board was ranged between 26.1° and 29.6°, respectively, though the maximum lift force was at the angle of attack 22.6°. The angle of attack of the otter board was tended to increase weakly with the longer length of warp (180 m) at the same towing speed in the experiment.

A species composition and population structure of fish, collected 16 times by bottom otter trawl in the coast of Geumo Island, from February 2002 to November 2005, was investigated. The fish species caught by bottom otter trawl from year 2002 to 2005 was entirely 72 species, 41 classes, and 12 orders, and the number of appearance and biomass was 5,999 individuals and 287,902.1g, respectively, being of the Perciformes(31 species and 19 classes; 43.1% in total number of species appeared) as a dominant species. 638 individuals of Leiognathus nuchalis which was 10.6% in total fish were appeared and 465 individuals of Konosirus punctatus(7.8%), 449 individuals of Engraulis japonicus(7.8%). biomass of Sebastes schlegeli was 33,258.7g as a dominant species(11.6% in total fish appeared) and 18,821.1g of Liparis agassizii(6.5%), 16,708.0g of Konosirus punctatus(5.8%). The diversity index of species per months of the collected by a small otter trawl in coastal water of Geumodo from year 2002 to 2005 was 2.860-3.639 and the evenness index was 0.825-0.887 in case of dominance index was 0.224-0.268 against the evenness index. The similarity of community structure per yearly was very high because of the relative difference(0.006), which was the least in 2004 and 2005.

거제도 남동 해안지역의 한려해상국립공원 보호구역에서 해상자원의 보존을 위한 기초자료를 확보하고자 거제도 일운면 예구리, 남부면 다대리 및 남부면 저구리 해얀지역에서 1999년 6월부터 2000년 3월까지 어류상 조사를 실시하였다. 조사를 통하여 확인된 어류는 총 16목 47목 69속 85 종 2, 789개체가 채집되었으며, 45종이 출현한 농어목(Perciformes), 10종씩 출현한 가자미목 (Pleuronectiformes) 및 횟대목(Scorpaseniformes)의대부분 저서생활을 하는 어류가 주로 채집되었다. 전체 조사기간 동안 가장 만하은 개체가수가 채집된 어류를 줄비늘치(Coelorhyncus multispinulosus) 458개체(16.4%)로 확인되었고 칠서대(Cynoglossus interruptus) 384개채(13.8%), 노랑촉수(Upeneus bensasi) 285개체(10.2%) 등의 순 이었다. 조사시간 6월에 가장 다양하고 풍부한 어류가 채집되었다.

낙동강 하구 주변 해역에서 1987년 2월부터 1988년 1월까지 1년 동안 매월 소형 기선저인망(otter trawl)을 이용하여 어류의 종조성 및 계절변동을 조사하였다. 조사기간 동안 100개 어종에 속하는 23,008마리의 어류가 채집되었다. 가장 많이 채집된 어종은 실양태(Repomucenus valenciennei), 흰베도라치(Pholis fangi), 주둥치(Leiognathus nuchalis), 전갱이(Trachurus japonicus), 밴댕이 (Sardinella zunasi)였는데, 이들 5어종은 총 개체수의 63.0%와 생체량의 47.8%를 차지하였다. 계절별 우점종을 보면, 봄에는 흰베도라치와 실양태, 여름에는 실양태와 참서대(Cynoglossus joyneri), 가을에는 열동가리돔(Apogon lineatus)과 청멸(Thryssa kammalensis), 그리고 겨울에는 설양태, 주둥치, 밴댕이 등이 우점종으로 나타났다.어종수, 채집 개체수 및 종다양도지수는 뚜렷한 계절 변동을 보였다. 또한 어종 수 및 채집 개체수는 정점에 따라 차이를 보였는데, 낙동강 하구쪽으로 갈수록 어종수 및 채집 개체수가 감소하였다. 수온은 어류 종조성의 계절변동에 가장 큰 영향을 주는 요인이었으며, 염분은 어류의 공간 분포에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

한국근해의 중층 트로올선에서 전개판의 수중중량을 경감시켜서 끌줄을 길게 주므로서 전개력을 향상시키기 위하여 스티로폴뜸을 전개판의 천정판에 고정시키고 끌줄 길이와 예망속력을 변화시켰을 때의 전개판의 깊이와 전개간격을 실측한 것을 분석.검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 전개판 깊이는 끌줄 길이가 100m이고 예망속력이 101~108m/sec인 범위에서 뜸이 있을 경우 41~25m, 뜸이 없을 경우 45~26m이고, 뜸줄 길이가 150m일 경우는 뜸이 있을 경우 68~44m, 뜸이 없을 경우 74~46m로서 뜸이 있을 경우가 없을 경우보다도 9~4% 정도 얕았다. 또 실측치는 어느 경우나 계산치보다도 15% 작았다. 2. 전개판의 전개간격은 끌줄 길이가 100m이고, 예망속력이 1.1~1.8m/sec인 범위에서는 뜸이 있을 경우 34~41m, 뜸이 없을 경우 30~38m이고, 끌줄 길이가 150m일 때는 뜸이 있을 경우 44~50m, 뜸이 없을 경우 37~46로서 있을 경우가 없을 경우보다도 끌줄 길이 100m에서 10%, 150m에서 15%정도 더 컸다. 또, 실측치는 계산치보다 항상 컸으며 계산치에 대한 실측치의 비는 끌줄 길이가 100m일 때 1.17~1.14, 150m일 때 1.17~1.09이었다. 3. 날개 끝 간격은 끌줄 길이 100m인 때 뜸이 있을 경우가 없을 경우보다 1m 정도 크고 유효망구면적으로는 10% 정도 크며, 끌줄 길이가 150m인 때는 그 차이가 2m로서 유효망구면적으로는 20% 정도 크다고 추정된다. 따라서 전개판에 뜸을 달아서 전개판의 수중중량을 일시적으로 가볍게 해 주는 것은 유효망구면적을 크게 하므로 어획성능향상에 상당히 도움이 될 것이 기대된다

To investigate the midwater trawl gear available for the Korean near sea trawlers, the authors carried out a field experiment on the attitude and the opening efficiency of the otter board with the Pusan 404 (160GT, 750ps), a training ship of National Fisheries University of Pusan. The experimental trawl gear was designed to be operable by the ship and the otter board was made of single iron plate with 12% camber ratio. The special-prepared potentiometric angle detector was used for determining the attitude, and the 50 KHz fish finder for the opening between the otter boards. The results obtained can be summarized as follows: 1. The angle of attack varied by moving the towing point on the towing plate of the otter board. It showed 33 to 36 degrees when the point was set at the outmost position, 25 to 31 degrees at the middle position and 19 to 30 degrees at the inmost position, with a decreasing tendency according to the increase of towing speed in each cases. 2. The heel of the otter board always occured inwards, increasing slightly according to the increase of towing speed. 3. The tilt of the otter board always occured outwards, increasing slightly according to the move of the towing point inwards, and decreasing slightly according to the increase of towing speed. 4. The opening between otter boards showed the largest value when the towing point was set at the outmost position.