The mesh selectivity of gill net for Japanese sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus) caught in the East Sea, Korea was described. The experiment was conducted with five different kinds of mesh size (39.4, 45.5, 51.5, 53.0, 57.6mm) between November and December 2006 in spawning season. The catch was mostly Japanese sandfish (93.3%) and some others (6.7%), and almost all of the female Japanese sandfish were larger than the fork length at 50% maturity (16.7cm). The selection curve for the female Japanese sandfish caught from the experiments was fitted by the Kitahara's method to a polynomial equation which was s(R)=exp{(0.2584R3-5.3445R2+32.269R-59.868)-0.6585} where R＝l/m, and l and m are fork length and mesh size, respectively.

• 박해훈 | Park, Hae-Hoon
• 정의철 | Jeong, Eui-Cheol
• 배봉성 | Bae, Bong-Seong
• 양재형 | Yang, Jae-Hyeong
• 최수하 | Chol, Soo-Ha
• 이성일 | Lee, Sung-Il