In September and October 2020, combined acoustic and trawl surveys were conducted in the northwestern sea of Jeju Island. In the survey area, a region, so called Jeju region, was designated to esimate the biomass of chub mackerel and jack mackerel using a trawl survey method and frequency difference method. In the September survey, the weight ratios of jack mackerel and chub mackerel to the total catch were 24.6% and 2.8%, respectively, and in the October survey, those ratios were 24.9% and 20.7%, which were used to calculate their biomass (trawl survey). Using the frequency difference range (–8 to –3dB) corresponding to two species in 120 and 200 kHz, their biomass was estimated (frequency difference method). As a result, the biomass of two species from the trawl method was 3252.3 tons in September and 5777.0 tons in October. The estimated biomass by the frequency difference method was 4926.6 tons in September and 7521.5 tons in October. It was the first trial to estimate the biomass of two species using the trawl and frequency differencing methods in South Korea although there were some differences between two methods. In addition, horizontal distributions of acoustic backscattering strength over the entire survey area were mapped.

In this study, Target strength for multi-frequency (38 kHz, 70 kHz, 120 kHz and 200 kHz) of chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) was estimated using by the KRM model. The body shape of the Chub mackerel was described by an X-ray system and the body length of 20 individuals ranged from 16 cm to 28 cm. The swimbladder tilt angle ranged between – 8 and – 14°, the maximum TS value according to the swimming angle of chub mackerel was – 33.0 dB at – 11°. The averaged TScm according to fork length was – 66.02 dB at 38 kHz, – 66.50 dB at 70 kHz, – 66.00 dB at 120 kHz and – 67.35 dB at 200kHz, respectively.

This study analyzed annual catch trend during 45 years and monthly catch of the least 10 years (2005∼2014) for chub mackerel caught in the Korean coastal waters. To determine fishing status of chub mackerel, fork length measurements were conducted at least twice every week for 100 individuals randomly selected at the Busan Cooperative Fish Market from January of 2012 to December of 2014; and biological characteristics and proximate composition (moisture, protein, fat, ash) were analyzed by length class (I∼IV) on a monthly basis from January to December of 2014. Monthly catch trend showed low level below 5,000 mt from February to July, whereas high level above 15,000 mt from October to December. For the period between 2012 and 2014, annual average catch proportion of juvenile were relatively high at 68.1%, 53.1% and 53.2% from January to April, before spawning season, while those were low at 21.5%, 20.7% and 29.12% from June to November. As for the change in the proximate composition per 100 g of muscle, protein and ash did not change much by seasons and length class, whereas fat and moisture contents showed large fluctuations and complementary relationship between the two factors. Regardless of length class, monthly average fat content, containing Omega-3, showed the lowest at 7.18 g in April and highest at 19.27 g in December, which exhibited 2.6 times difference from one another. Regardless of fishing seasons, fat content by length class were 19.06 g for the class I and 6.43 g for the class IV, which showed three times difference. Fat contents of the class I were high at 26.97 g and 27.19 g in November and December, while low at 8.37 g and 9.99 g in April and May. Especially, fat contents from January to May were 5.0 g, which was the lowest. Therefore, it is expected that consumer could indirectly contribute fisheries management through their understanding and wise consumption based on fishing status and fluctuation of proximate composition.

고등어 낚시어장에서 150Hz~200Hz의 순음과 단속순음을 수중스피커로 수중에 방성하였을 때 고등어 어군의 반응과 어선의 보조기관의 수중소음을 측정\ulcorner분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 보조기관만을 운전하였을 때 수중소음의 중심주파수와 음압레벨은 수심 20m에서 각각 500Hz, 146.8dB이었다. 2. 주파수 150Hz와 200Hz의 순음의 음압레벨은 수심 30m, 70m, 120m에서 각각 141.0dB와 146.6dB, 120.0dB와 126.6dB, 114.3dB와 120.5dB이였다. 3. 수중음을 방성해서 5분 전후에 고등어 어군이 유집반응을 보였다. 4. 주파수 150Hz와 200Hz의 순음보다는 단속순음이 좋은 유집반응을 나타냈다

고등어를 습식법으로 인공 수정한 난을 대상으로 난발생 및 자치어 발육과정을 관찰하였다. 수정란의 형태는 구형의 분리부성란으로 유구는 1개를 가지고 있었으며, 난경은 0.94～1.02 ㎜(평균 0.95±0.03 ㎜)였다. 부화에 소요된 시간은 수온 20±0.5℃에서 51시간이 소요되었다. 부화 직후 자어의 전장은 2.52～3.0 ㎜(평균 2.75±0.04 ㎜)로 난황을 달고 있었고, 입과 항문은 아직 열려 있지 않았으며, 근절은 28～31개였고, 눈에는 흑색소포 소포가 착색되어 있었다. 부화 후 2일째의 전기 자어는 3.12～3.63 ㎜(평균 3.39±0.05 ㎜)로 난황이 완전히 흡수되었다. 부화 18일째 후기 자어는 전장이 8.45～12.32 ㎜(평균 10.85±4.36 ㎜)로 꼬리말단이 굽어지기 시작하면서 가슴지느러미, 등지느러미, 꼬리지느러미의 줄기가 형성되었다. 부화 25일째에는 44.12～58.72 ㎜(평균 55.95±6.74 ㎜) 외부 형태가 성어와 같은 치어기에 도달하였다.