This study is aimed to analyze the economic performance of black rockfish aquaculture by standardizing cost structures by region and farming size. The result of survey on farming and sale condition in each region, stocking density, survival rate, juvenile price, and unit production was the highest at Yeosu and Tongyeong, Heuksando showed the lowest. While rearing period was the longest at Tongyeong, the shortest region was Yeosu and Wando. In farming cost structure by region, amount of feeing was the highest at Tongyeong and Yeosu, and the lowest was Heuksando. Cost of medicine was high in Wando and Taean region, Yeosu and Hecksando was low. In case of farm size, feed cost ratio was high in the order of medium(0.75ha), small(0.25ha) and large(1.25ha) size. Standard production cost at every farm size of Heuksando showed the lowest among these regions. Taean and Yeosu was middle, and Tongyeong and Wando was the highest. According to the income, profit rate and investment return of farm size in all regions, as the bigger farm size, the higher income and profit rate was revealed. However, in case of Wando, Taean, and Heuksando which regions has high investment return, medium farm size was higher than large size. The result of economic analysis according to various factors, economic feasibility of black rockfish aquaculture in marine floating cage was showed significant changes by rearing and market condition.

Characteristics of age and growth of the black rockfish, Sebastes inermis sampled in the Jeonnam Marine Ranching Area (JMRA) around Geumo Islands south of Yeosu were investigated using 642 otoliths from March 2009 to February 2010. The opaque zone was formed in September once a year and hence it was used as an annulus. The parturient period was December to January, and therefore the duration from fertilization to the complete formation of the opaque zone was nineteen months. From the parameters calculated using the average length when the year ring was formed, growth of S. inermis were expressed by von Bertalanffy growth equation as Lt=23.267 (1-e-0.4406(t+1.1971)) for females and Lt=22.030 (1-e-0.5312(t+0.6834)) for males when is total length in age t. Through the growth equations, the maximum length was determined as 23.27cm for females and 22.03cm for males and the growth factor as 0.4406/yr and 0.5312/yr, respectively. Finally, the growth of female S. inermis is larger than the one of male S. inermis.

Black rockfish and goldeye rockfish are commercially important fish species due to the increasing demand in Korea. When estimating the abundance of stocks for these species acoustically, it is of crucial importance to know the target strength(TS) to length dependence. In relation to these needs, TS measurement was conducted on black rockfish and goldeye rockfish in an acrylic salt water tank using 70kHz and 120kHz split beam echo sounders. The TS for these two species under the controlled condition was simultaneously measured with the swimming movement by DVR system and analyzed as a function of fish length(L). The results obtained are summarized as follows: The best fit regression of TS on fish length of black rockfish was TS=19.38 Log(L, cm)-70.46 (r2=0.71) at 70kHz and TS=22.39 Log(L, cm)-70.40 (r2=0.64) at 120kHz and in the standard form TS=20 Log(L, cm)-71.29 (r2 = 0.70) at 70kHz and TS=20 Log(L, cm)-66.88 (r2=0.57) at 120kHz. The best fit regression of TS on fish length of goldeye rockfish was TS=17.10 Log(L, cm)-68.28 (r2=0.37) at 70kHz and TS=24.39 Log(L, cm)-73.74 (r2=0.59) at 120kHz and in the standard form TS=20 Log(L, cm)-72.03 (r2=0.32) at 70kHz and TS=20 Log(L, cm)-67.68 (r2=0.64) at 120kHz. An empirical model for fish TS(dB) averaged over the dorsal aspect of 115 fishes of black rockfish and goldeye rockfish and which spans the fish length(L, m) to wavelength(λ, m) ratio between 8 and 30 was derived : TS=34.12 Log(L)-14.12 Log(λ)-23.83, (r2=0.90).

The occurrence and infection level of parasitic Copepod, Clavella adunca on the black rockfish, Sebastes melanops at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Aquarium were studied. C. adunca was usually found on the base of fins, preferably on the pectoral fins

우리 나라 연안에서 주로 서식하고 있는 조피볼락(Schlegel's Black Rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli)과 참돔(Red Seabream, Pagrus major) 의 자원량을 추정할 때 보다 더 정확히 추정할 수 있는 기초 자료를 얻기 위하여 in situ TS 측정법과 유사한 환경 속에서 망과 3개의 주파수를 이용하여 어체의 크기와 자세별 및 주파수 특성에 따른 TS 에 대하여 조사하여 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 전장(L, cm)에 따른 최대 TS 값을 이용한 조피볼락의 변환 계수(A) 값은 38kHz에서 -63.7dB, 120kHz에서 -64.4dB, 200kHz에서 -62.4 dB로 나타났으며, 참돔은 38kHz에서 -62.6dB, 120kHz에서 -65.4dB, 200kHz에서 -65..dB이었다. 또한, 평균 TS 값을 이용한 조피볼락의 변환 계수 값은 38kHz에서 -68.4dB, 120kHz에서 73.4dB, 200kHz에서 -70.8dB로 나타났으며, 참돔은 38kHz에서 -67.9dB, 120kHz에서 -72.7 dB, 200kHz에서 -73.4dB로 각각 나타났다. 2. 어체 1g당 최대 TS 값을 이용한 조피볼락의 변환 계수( B) 값은 38kHz에서 -52.0dB, 120 kHz에서 -52.7dB, 200kHz에서 -50.7dB로 나타났으며, 참돔은 38kHz에서 -50.9dB, 120kHz 에서 -53.7dB, 200kHz에서 -53.3dB이었다. 또한 평균 TS 값을 이용한 조피볼락의 변환 계수 값은 38kHz에서 -56.7dB, 120kHz에서 -61.7 dB, 200kHz에서 -59.IdB로 나타났으며, 참돔은 38kHz에서 -56.2dB, 120kHz에서 -61.0dB, 200 kHz에서 -61.6dB로 각각 나타났다. 3. 참돔 2마리를 대상으로 한 자세각 분포는 -26˚~25˚로 나타났으며, 그 때의 주파수에 따른 자세별 표적 강도는 38kHz에서 변화 폭이 비교적 적었으며, 120kHz에서는 Head down 되었을때 보다 Head up 되었을 때 3~6dB 정도 높게 나타났다.

조피볼락 갑상선 여포의 원시세포는 모체내 부화자어의 구강 아래쪽에 존재하는 때의 원형 여포 안에 존재하였다. 갑상선 여포는 구강 연골조직 아래쪽 제 1, 2,3 도입새동맥 부근에 흩어져 존재하고, 출산 직후에는 13개 정도로 분화되어 있었다. 갑상선 여포의 수는 출산 직후(전장 6.3 mm)에 개체당 1.60.8개였으며, 치어기로 전환하는 30일째에는 17.02.1개, 50일째(전장 13.2 mm)에는 32.56.9개로 그 수가 매우 많아졌다. 갑상선