동지나해의 어업자원량을 정량적으로 평가하기 위한 시도로서, 부산수산대학교와 일본 북해도대학이 공동으로 실시한 제1차 동지나해의 저서어족자원조사중에서 계량어군탐지기를 이용하여 수집한 각종의 기초자료를 분석, 검토한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 동지나해의 24회 조사 Line에서 저층 Trawl에 의해 어획된 어종수는 총 96어종이고, 1시간 예망당 평균어획량은 58.8kg/hour이었다. 2. 저층 Trawl을 행한 수탐층(약 4.5m)에 분포하는 어군의 평균체적산란강도는 25KHz와 100KHz에서 각각 -63.9dB, -67.3dB로서 저주파수의 경우가 고주파수보다 약 3.4dB 더 높았다. 3. 전수탐층(송수파기과 해저간)에 분포하는 어군의 평균체적산란강도는 25KHz와 100KHz에서 각각 -61.9dB, -67.0dB로서 역시 저주파수의 경우가 고주파수보다 약 1.5dB 더 높았다. 4. 저층 Trawl을 행한 수탐층에 분포하는 어군의 평균체적산란강도(SV, dB)와 이 때 어획된 전위제적당의 평균어획량(kg)으로부터 추정한 kg당의 평균반사강도는 25KHz와 100KHz에서 각각 -23.6dB/kg, -26.3dB/kg로서 저주파수의 경우가 고주파수보다 약 2.7dB/kg 더 컸다.

A cooperative Korea-Japan investigation for the demersal fisheries resources of the East China Sea was carried out by using the training ship Oshoro Maru belong to Hokkaido University Japan, during 5-12 November, 1989. The research vessel sampled 24 stations with demersal trawls on the East China Sea continental shelf, and 96 nautical miles of track line were surveyed hydroacoustically. The echo sounder used during the survey was of a scientific type having echo integration capabilities and the computer system was programmed to obtain echo integration data for each depth stratum between the transducer and the bottom. The target strength of fish school(TS per 1kg) was estimated from the relationship between mean volume backscattering strength and catches caught by the demersal trawls. The results obtained can be summarized as follows: 1. Approximately 96 species were identified from survey catches. 2. The mean volume backscattering strength for the layer occupied by bottom trawls at 25 and 100 KHz were-63.9 dB and -67.3 dB, respectively. Then the average catch per unit time of each trawl haul was 58.8 kg/hour. 3. The mean volume backscattering strength for the entire layer between the transducer and the bottom at 25 and 100KHz were -61.9 dB and -67.0 dB, respectively. 4. The mean fish school target strength per unit weight(TS/kg) at 25 and 100 KHz were -23.6 dB/kg and -26.6 dB/kg, respectively.

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