본 연구에서는 해양목장에서 음향을 사용한 어군행동제어에 관한 기초적인 자료를 얻기 위하여, 감지하기 쉬운 주파수의 순음과 먹이의 조합으로 어류를 학습시켜서, 음향 순치의 가능성을 검토했다. 미차체장이 385~459mm인 수컷 8마리와 암컷 5마리를 실험 수조에 수용하여, 수조내에 설치한 수중 스피커로부터 감지하기 쉬운 200Hz의 순음을 방성하면서 원격급이 장치로부터 급이하여 조건학습을 실시했다. 학습과정을 수록한 비디오 영상으로부터 물고기의 행동을 해석하여 색이장에 출현하는 빈도를 방성 전.방성 중.방성 후로 나눠서 해석했다. 학습 개시 일로부터 8일째에 학습 음에 첫 반응을 보였으며, 4일간 학습을 중지한 후에 학습 음을 방성 하여도 반응을 보였다. 방성 후에 음원부근에 위집 하는 율이 방성 전보다 높아져서, 1분간의 평균 출현빈도는 51%였다.

It is most important to understand the behaviour of fish in case of the betterment of the current fishing gear and methods or the development of the conditioning by acoustic sound in marine ranching. This investigation has been attempted to provide for the prediction of the response action of fish to acoustic sound. The experimental fish was conditioned with sound and bait. As the acoustic sound for stimulus, the pure tone of sine waveform at the frequency of 200Hz was used. This pure tone was determined from previous investigation about hearing ability of walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma. The fork length of walleye pollock used in this experiment was 385~450mm. The conditioning proceeding was recorded in the video tape recorder. Frequency of appearance in the feeding area was analyzed with computer and video tape recorder. The position of fish was tracked using the mouse cursor and picture mixed on the superimpose board. The response of conditioned fish to sound stimulus was appeared in the 8th day firstly. The conditioned fish remembered the stimulus sound for 4 days. Average frequency of appearance in the feeding area during the 30 seconds sound projection or 1 minute after the sound stimulus was 51%, and was higher than before it.

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