Maturity and spawning of the pointhead flounder, Hippoglossoides pinetorum were investigated on the basis of samples collected in the coastal waters off Gangwon-do, East Sea from January 2012 to December 2013. The average total length of H. pinetorum was 25.0 cm and 21.9 cm for females and males, respectively. The spawning period was from May to July according to monthly changes gonadosomatic index (GSI) and maturity stages. The spawning period in Gangwon-do was delayed relatively to that in Gyeongbuk-do. The mature egg diameter ranged between 300-700 ㎛. The relationship between TL and fecundity (F) was F = 63.574 TL - 1471.3 (R2=0.7603), that is, the larger total length, the more fecundity H. pinetorum had. We estimated that the TLs at 50% group maturity were 25.6 cm for females and 19.9 cm for males. The spawning ecology by sea area should be considered efficient resource management for H. pinetorum. Furthermore, it is necessary to study more on the relationships among growth, maturity and water temperature variations in the East Sea.

The ichthyoplanktons were sampled to study distribution of the ichthyoplankton in coastal waters of Nanji-Island in August and November 2015 and January and May 2016. During the study, fish eggs of eight different species were collected. Engraulis japonicus was the most dominant species which accounted 44.80%. Sebastes schlegeli comprised 31.39% of the total larvae and juveniles. The diversity index of species per month of the collected juveniles at Nanji Island from 2015 to 2016 was 0.598-1.770 and the evenness index was 0.432-0.761. In case of dominance index was 0.619-0.897 against the evenness index. The analyzed species diversity index by the each station was 0.818-1.945 and the dominance index was 0.492-0.897 against the species diversity index. The months of August and May exhibited similar results. In addition, the community structure was very similar in state 2 and state 3.

본 연구에서는 강풍에 의한 연안 용승 및 섬효과를 구체적으로 파악하기 위해서 춘계 강한 저기압 통과 전후를 대상으로 위성자료, 해양환경 및 물리적인 수직 구조와 함께 식물플랑크톤의 군집구조를 파악하였다. 5월 3일 강한 저기압이 통과하면서 남풍계열의 바람이 우점하였고, 10일 정도의 시간차를 둔 5월 12일에는 동한난류가 이동한 경로주 변해역에서 높은 엽록소값이 관찰되었다. 식물플랑크톤 수평적 군집조성은 동한난류의 영향을 강하게 받은 울진 연안과 울릉도 사이의 정점에서는 규조류가 극히 높은 밀도로 우점하였고, 상대적으로 외양인 울릉도와 독도 섬주변에서는 섬효과에 의하여 침편조류 H. akashiwo가 높은 개체수를 유지하였다. 엽록소의 수직적 분포는 울진에서 울릉도로 이어지는 정점에서 엽록소 아표층극대 (Sub-surface Chl-a Maximum)가 20 m 층에서 관찰되었고, 울릉도와 독도 섬주 변의 대부분 정점에서는 30~40 m 층까지 전 수층에 걸쳐 균일하게 높은 엽록소 형광값이 관찰되었다. 이는 섬효과에 의하여, 강한 수층혼합이 일어난 것을 의미하고, 그 결과 유광층 상부에 공급된 영양염류에 의하여 식물플랑톤이 대발생하였다. 결과적으로 춘계 한반도 남동해역 (울진-울릉도-독도) 에서는 남풍계열의 바람이 우점하면, 연안 용승이 발생할 수 있고, 이는 식물플랑크톤의 대발생에 중요한 역할을 하는 것 으로 관찰되었다. 아울러, 동해 연안해역에서 기인된 식물플 랑크톤은 동해 중앙 및 남서해역으로 공간이동하면서 울릉도-독도의 섬효과와 함께 동한난류의 사행, 소용돌이의 발달 등에 따라서 종조성이 다르게 나타날 가능성을 시사하였다.

본 연구는 울릉도 수산자원 감소 문제를 해결하기 위한 방안 중 하나로서 정치성 구획어업의 도입을 위한 시험 연구를 수행하였다. 시험용 어구인 삼각망은 울릉도 해역의 환경, 운영 및 관리 비용, 소형 어선 및 인력이 운영할 수 있는 조건을 고려하여 선정하였다. 2017년 4월부터 5월까지 삼각망을 이용하여 11회 어획 조사한 결과, 총 개체수는 2,735개체, 중량은 983.4 kg 으로 계측되었으며, 우점종은 참돔, 방어, 넙치, 한치, 전갱이, 쥐치류 등으로 조사되었다. 조사 기간 중 유용 수산자원은 어류의 경우 조피볼락(Sebastes schlegelii), 볼락(S. inermis), 개볼락(S. pachycephalus), 쑤기미(Inimicus japonicus), 노래미(Hexagrammos agrammus), 농어목 어류 붉 바리(Epinephelus akaara), 참돔(Pagrus major) 그리고 말쥐치(Thamnaconus modestus)로 분류 되었으며, 두족류인 한치(Uroteuthis chinensis)의 어획량이 많은 것으로 분석되었다. 울릉도의 주요 수산자원 중 하나인 살오징어의 생산량이 지속적으로 감소할 경우, 삼각망과 같은 소형 정치성 구획어업의 도입은 어민 수입 창출의 대체 수단으로 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

남해 중앙부의 가막만 입구해역에 설치된 sediment trap의 와편모조 시스트 및 시스트에서 발아된 유영세포에서 국내 미기록 와편모조 시스트 9종을 관찰하였기에 형태적 특징을 고찰하였다. 미기록 와편모조 시스트는 모두 종속영양종으로 와편모조문 (Dinophyta), 와편모조강 (Dinophyceae), 페리디니움목 (Peridiniales)에 속하였다. 미기록 종은 Brigantedinium majusculum (Protoperidinium sinuosum), cyst of Diplopsalis lebourae, cyst of Protoperidinium excentricum, cyst of Pt. sp. cf. nudum, cyst of Pt. obtusum, cyst of Pt. ventricum, cyst of Protoperidinium sp.1, cyst of Protoperidinium sp.2 및 미동정된 cyst of Peridinales 등이었다.

The maturation and spawning of black scraper, Thamnaconus modestus were studied using samples collected monthly from March, 2015 to February, 2016 in the coastal waters off Middle East Sea, Korea. The gonadosomatic index (GSI) of female was the highest in June. The spawning periods lasted from March to September based on histological observation of female gonad development. The percentage of sexually mature females estimated from a logistic function was over 50% for the size group 18.02 cm (total length, TL). The size of eggs spawned was between 0.40 to 0.58 mm. Fecundity varied between 185,648 and 9,747,250 eggs. The relationship between the fecundity and TL of the fish was expressed in the fecundity equation as F = 0.0297TL5.4835.

The catch composition of commercially important species of the stationary lift net at Barangay Gines, Miagao, Iloilo, the Philippines was investigated from December 2013 to May 2014 during the different phases of the moon. A total of 486 kg of fish coming from 12 different genera, including mollusk and crustaceans, was caught and identified from the catch of the stationary lift net. Among the 12 genera identified from the catch of stationary lift net, anchovy (Stolephorus), sardines (Sardinella), squid (Loligo) and mysid shrimp (Acetes) were considered to be commercially important due to their value. Acetes catch was highest during the new moon in the month of January. Loligo catch was also high during the new moon except in the month of May. Stolephorus catch was also highest during the new moon except in the month of January. Sardinella catch was highest during the first quarter in the month of February. Full moon had the lowest catch all throughout the duration of the study while new moon had the highest catch during December 2013 to March 2014 and first quarter was the highest in the months of April and May.

The age and growth of pointhead flounder, Hippoglossoides pinetorum caught by gill nets was analyzed in this study from March 2015 to July 2017. New annuli were formed in H. pinetorum otoliths annually, and the boundary was set between the opaque and translucent zones from March and April. The relationships between total length (TL) and body weight (BW) were BW = 0.0025 TL3.409 (r2 = 0.9551) for females and BW = 0.0057 TL3.138 (r2 = 0.9163) for males. In this study, the ring of pointhead flounder, H. pinetorum was formed between 3 and 8 for females and between 3 and 6 for males. Total length (TL) and otolith radius (OR) were measured as follows: TL = 7.142 OR + 0.769 (r2 = 0.793) for females and TL = 6.498 OR + 1.706 (r2 = 0.652) for males. The mean distances of first ring (r1) were 0.92 mm and 0.91 mm for females and males respectively. The TLs at the time of annulus formation, back-calculated from the otolith-length relationship by reference to the von Bertalanffy growth curves, were Lt = 43.59 (1-e-0.15(t+0.007)) for females and Lt = 28.13 (1-e-0.26(t+0.006)) for males while the growth between female and male was different.

한국 남해 연안에 출현하는 춘·하계 어류 자치어 군집의 조성과 분포 특성을 파악하기 위하여 2016년 5월부터 9월까지 남해 의 세 해역(여수, 남해, 통영)에서 RN80 네트를 이용해 매월 1회 채집하였다. 조사기간 동안 총 50개 분류군의 자치어가 채집되었고, 이 중 멸치가 전체 출현 개체수의 56.8 %로 가장 우점하였으며, 청보리멸, 청베도라치, 망둑어과 타입A, 청베도라치과, 앞동갈베도라치 등이 각각 2% 이상의 개체수비를 보여 우점하였으며, 이상 6개 분류군이 전체 출현 자치어의 87.5%를 차지하였다. ANOSIM 결과 해역 간에 자치어 조성의 유의한 차이는 없었으나, 시기적으로는 유의한 차이를 보였다. 정준대응분석 결과 이러한 자치어 군집의 시기적 변동은 주로 수온 변화에 의한 것으로 나타났다.

A study on indigenous diatoms was carried out at 10 sites from May 2014 to December 2016 in marine and freshwater in Korea. Seventeen species of diatoms are new to Korea and they are divided into 3 classes, 4 subclasses, 10 orders, 14 families, and 16 genera. The nomenclatures, references, dimensions, specimens examined, local habitat, distribution in Korea, and photograph are reported here. Seventeen species found in marine, freshwater, and brackish water showed species-specific habitats.

This study described the spatial distribution of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in the Ulsan Coastal Waters (UCW). Surface sediment samples from 15 stations revealed the occurrence of 33 species involving the Groups Protoperidinioid (51.5%), Gonyaulacoid (30.4%), Calciodineloid (9.1%), Gymnodinioid (3.0%), Diplopsallid (3.0%) and Tuberculodinioid (3.0%). The recorded cyst abundance in the UCW recorded was low (260~1,680 cysts g-dry-1) compared to Korean coastal waters. The abundance of heterotrophic cysts is higher in the Ulsan harbour and northwestern parts of UCW with eutrophic areas, however autotrophic species are more prevalent in the southern parts with open sea environments. The dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in the UCW were characterized by the dominance of Gonyaulax scrippsae, Protoperidinium sp. (Brigantedinium sp.), and Gonyaulax spinifera complex. The advent of the toxic dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var. bahamense was recorded for the first time in the East-south sea of Korea. Therefore, as a result of ongoing monitoring and management for new toxic dinoflegallates from tropical or subtropical regions, analysis of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in the UCW has been deemed necessary.