This study was performed to estimate the efficacy of three commercial mating disruptors for the control of oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck), using a food-baited trap to collect field females. Mated female ratios estimated in the mating disruptor-treated areas were compared with the estimates of male trap captures, and both estimates were evaluated on the basis of crop damage measured by shoot tip damage caused by G. molesta. Both males and females were attracted to the food trap-baited with terpinyl acetate in apple orchard. Spermatophore of G. molesta was similar to female bursa copulatrix in size. Though there was more than 95% reduction in male trap captures indicating significant mating disruption, significant crop damage occurred on apple leaf buds, in which more than 35% of captured females were mated. This study demonstrates that assessment of the mated females would be more reasonable to represent the efficacy of mating disruptor(s) than the assessment of the male captures in G. molesta.

In the autumn of 2000 and spring of 2001, field surveys were conducted to estimate the effectiveness of artificial reefs (type cube, 2×2×2m3) that were established in the four islands of Bangnyeong, Socheong, Daeyeonpyeong and Ganghwa in Kyonggi Bay, the west coast of Korea during 1995 and 1996. The condition of reefs was examined through SCUBA diving and a side-scan sonar. Much of the reefs in Daeyeonpyeong and Ganghwa area were buried in bottom sediment. Despite an intensive search in Bangnyeong area, even a cluster of reefs was not found and most of them seemed to be buried by sand waves. Thus an appropriate investigation on the sediment transport should be included in pre-assessment for the expected performance and protection of artificial reefs. Distribution of average CPUE in natural fishing ground (control) was estimated by bootstrapping simulation and possible comparison of CPUE between control and reef areas (treatment) were made in Bangnyeong and Socheong (Experiment I). Positive reef effect was detected in Socheong but CPUE of treatment in Bangnyeong was varied between or lower than the 99% CPUE confidence intervals of the control. Control/treatment abundance and biomass of fishes and invertebrates were tested by paired t-test and sign test (Experiment II). Only four cases among 22 showed significant positive effect. Based on the results, the cube artificial reef in Socheong was inferred as an affirmative one. Floor type was hypothesized to be one of the probable agents in determining the effectiveness of artificial reefs.

This study was investigated the potential of ducks and fish trap for the control of golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, in paddy field and water canals. The smaller size of duck (700 g) preyed snails than the bigger one (1,300 g). The consumption of two ducks was bigger under plastic house. They preyed over 90% on the second days of release. The release time of ducks was more effective at seven days after inoculation of snails than simultaneous. Duck could suppress the density of snails at any time from month after inoculation. Four ducks per 30 ㎡ could control snails in an irrigation canals. The number of attracted golden apple snail per week was 216 in big fish trap (Φ 15 ㎝) with menthol paste which for a carp.

The effect of food source in aggregation pheromone trap of bean bug, Riptortus clavatus, was evaluated in terms of the trap attractiveness using water-pan and cylinder-type traps. Water-pan trap baited with pheromone+food (dried soybean+dried peanut+water) attracted significantly more number of females and males than those with pheromone or control trap. Although cylinder-type trap baited with pheromone+food did not show significantly higher attractiveness, it attracted more adults and nymphs than the pheromone and control traps. Further research on the effect of trap types on attractiveness is needed.

The behavior patterns of common octopus, Octopus minor to a cylindric trap were examined in the water tank using a video camera in order to know entering mechanism to the trap and to improve it. Fishing efficiency by 2 kinds of traps(A: 3 entrances, B: 2 entrances) was investigated in the coastal area of Deugryang Bay from May to July, 2005. Common octopus tends to approach by swimming more than walking towards trap. When they approached to the trap, they showed much more behaviors that sate at the around than upper part of it. Approaching behaviors of common octopus was more vigorous at nighttime than daytime on the trap, they showed the most vigorous action between 2 am and 4 am of the day. The rate of staying 30 seconds over around the trap was 41.5% in the nighttime. CPUE(g/trap) of common octopus caught by A type trap was 21.4% higher than the B type trap but there was no difference on the significance level of 5% by the ANOVA. Catch rate of common octopus and by-catch species caught by the A type trap were 97.2%, three and 98.7%, two for B type trap, respectively.

Present study was conducted to improve the spring frame net trap for conger eel, Conger myriaster which prevents by-catch and protects immature fish. A series of comparative fishing experiment was carried out in water off the south-east coast of Korea from Nov. 2004 to Jul. 2005. And analyzed the amount of catch, by-catch rate, and CPUE, etc. of experimental traps which were the spring frame net traps, sorted four types of flappers. And the compared gear was a plastic conger eel pot. The conclusions were as follows. By-catch rates of spring frame net trap with the compressed flapper bound by nylon mono-filament was about 0-3%. CPUE of spring frame net trap with the compressed flapper was about 50-60% lower than that of traditional and plastic pot. And in case of conger eel that the total length is over 350mm, CPUE was little different on each type of flapper of every mesh size.

In order to improve the gill nets for croaker, Miichthys miiuy which is proper to the fishermen's income ans fisheries resource management, we had studied to the net height of present gill nets (mesh size 160mm, 50 mesh in depth), experimental gill nets-I(mesh size 150mm, 68 mesh in depth) and experimental gill nets-II(mesh size 142mm, 75 mesh in depth) in wter using the gill nets design ans analysis simulation system, and then investigated and analyzed the catch efficiency of each gill nets through the field fishing experiments. The net height of emperimental gill nets-I and experimental gill nets-II in water were estimated respectively about 1.5 times and 1.3 times higher than present gill nets which the net height is about 3.5m as the results of simulation considering the current of fishing fields. Total number of croakers which were caught by the persent gill nets was 62(body length 300~1,200mm), total catch weight was 398.7kg (mean 0.6kg/sheet). Total number of croakers which were caught by the experimental gill nets- I was 68(body length 600~1,100mm), total catch weight was 391.6kg (mean 1.2kg/sheet). Total number of croakers which were caught by the experimental gill nets-II was 28(body length 400~900mm), total catch weight was 99.2kg (mean 0.3kg/sheet).

붕장어에 대한 스프링형 그물통발의 망목선택성 및 적정망목을 추정하기 위한 시험조업은 경남 거제시 능포 인근해역에서 2002년 9월25일~9월27일에 실시되었다. 시험어구는 현용어구인 15mm, 20mm 및 시험을 위해 제작한 25mm, 30mm 그리고 수산자원보호령에서 규정하고 있는 35mm와 대조어구로써 통수공 6.7mm의 플라스틱 통발을 각각 50개씩 제작하여 사용하였다. 망목선택성은 Kitahara(1968)와 Fujimori(1996)의 방법을 사용하여 분석하였고, 적정망목은 어체 동주와 체장과의 관계 그리고 망목선택성 Master Curve를 사용하여 추정하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 시험조업 결과 총어획미수는 835미로, 붕장어 537미(64.4%), 게류 225미(26.9%), 기타 73미(8.7%)였다. 2. 망목선택성 곡선의 Master Curve에서 최대 전장/망목(max. 1/m)의 값은 23.9로 추정되었다. 3. 붕장어 스프링 통발의 적정망목은 34.0mm로 추정되었다.

동해안의 연안성 어족인 빨간횟대에 대해 망목크기 등을 달리한 8종류의 장구형 통발을 사용하여, 2003년 6월부터 12월까지 총 6차례에 걸쳐 어선 2척을 용선하여 조업한 어획실험으로부터 망목선택성 곡선을 구하여 합리적인 자원관리에 대한 기초 자료를 구하고자 하였다. 망목 크기가 20mm와 35mm인 두 통발의 빨간횟대 어획물로부터 체장에 따른 어획비율의 차이에 대해 특별한 경향을 발견할 수 없었다. 망목 크기가 20mm와 55mm인 두 통발의 경우에 대해 SELECT방법을 이용하여 equal split model 과 estimated split model을 적용한 결과, AIC 값이 적은 전자가 더 적절한 모델이므로, 빨간횟대의 경우는 이들 두 통발에 대한 입망률의 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 망목 55mm의 통발에서 SELECT 모델로 구한 50% 어획될 빨간횟대의 전장은 22.0cm였다. 망목 크기가 20mm, 35mm, 55mm인 통발의 어획 자료에 Kitahara의 방법으로 logistic식을 적용하여 추정된 선택성 곡선식은 와 같았고, 현재 규정 망목 크기인 35mm 장구형 통발에 대해 50% 어획될 빨간횟대의 전장은 21.4cm이었다.

피뿔고동(통칭 소라) 통발의 망목선택성 및 적정 망목을 추정하기 위하여 2003년 6월 27일~6월 29일까지 전북 군산시 말도 인근 해역에서 시험조업을 실시하였다. 시험어구는 망목 35mm, 50mm 및 65mm의 3종류의 그물감을 씌운 통발을 교호로 각각 70개씩 210개를 1개조로 구성하여 2개조를 사용하였으며, 망목선택성 곡선의 분석에는 Kitahara(1968)의 방법을 이용하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 피뿔고동 통발의 시험조업 결과 총어획미수는 1,682마리였으며, 피뿔고동 1,268마리 (75.4%), 배꼽고동 225마리 (13.4%), 쥐노래미 113마리 (6.7%), 기타 76마리 (4.5%) 등이었다. 2. 피뿔고동의 최대 각고/망목(max. 1/m)의 값은 1.79로 추정되었다. 3. 50% 선택구간에 대한 각고/망목(max. 1/m)의 값은 1.79로 추정되었다. 3. 50% 선택구간에 대한 각고/망목(1/m)의 값은 1.24~2.72으로 추정되었으며, 그 선택폭은 1.48이었다. 4. 피뿔고동의 어획금지체장(각고) 50mm에 대한 적정 망목은 40.3mm로 추정되었으며, 피뿔고동의 50% 선택각고 범위는 50.0~109.6mm로 나타났다.

민어 자망의 망목선택성 및 적정 망목을 추정하기 위하여 전남 신안구 임자도 인근의 해역에서 2002년 8월 10~8월 14일 및 2003년 8월 10일~8월 17일까지 시험조업을 실시하였다. 시험어구는 망목 129mm, 135mm, 144mm 및 150mm의 4종류의 자망을 각각 1폭씩 교호로 연결해서 12폭을 1조로 구성하여 2개조를 사용하였으며, 망목선택성 곡선의 분석에는 Kitahara(1968)의 방법을 이용하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 민어 자망의 시험조업 결과 총어획미수는 719마리였으며, 민어 526마리 (73.1%), 꽃게 168마리 (23.4%), 병어 17마리 (2.4%) 기타 8마리 (1.1%) 등이었다. 2. 망목선택성 곡선의 추정에서 최대 전장/망목(max. 1/m)의 값은 6.91으로 추정되었다. 3. 50% 선택구간에 대한 전장/망목(1/m)의 값은 5.62~8.03으로 추정되었으며, 그 선택폭은 2.41이었다. 4. 민어 자망의 적정 망목은 약 142mm로 추정되었으며, 민어의 50% 선택체장 범위는 798~1,140mm로 나타났다.