엽상자어(Leptocephalus)는 뱀장어목(Anguiliformes)에 속하는 어류의 자어로 5~6월에 우리나라 남해안 일대의 정치망에서 멸치와 함께 어획 후 방류하지만 대부분 폐사하는 실정이다. 따라 서 본 연구의 목적은 멸치어업을 하는 정치망에서 무분별하게 포획되는 엽상자어의 종을 구명 하여 수산자원보호 및 이들 자치어 생태 연구를 위한 기초 생물학적 자료를 제시하고자 수행 하였다. 실험에 사용된 엽상자어는 5~6월에 남해의 정치망에서 채집하였으며, 외부형태와 유 전학적 특성을 붕장어(Conger myriaster), 갯장어(Muraenesox cinereus) 및 뱀장어속(Anguilla) 4종의 성어와 비교하였다. 유전학적 분석은 추출한 DNA를 12s rRNA, 16s rRNA 부분단편을 PCR로 증폭하여 염기배열을 분석한 후 분자계통수를 작성하여 장어류 유생이 붕장어, 갯장어 및 뱀장어속 4종 중 어느 쪽의 성체와 클러스터 그룹화를 이루는지 계통학적 유연관계를 확 인하였다. 엽상자어의 외부형태 계수 및 계측결과 엽상자어의 전장에 대한 머리길이의 백분비 와 뒷지느러미 기점거리의 백분비는 붕장어와 가장 유사한 비율을 보였고, 척추골수 역시 붕 장어와 가장 유사하였다. 또한 엽상자어의 유전자 분석결과는 모두 붕장어 성체와 클러스터 그룹화를 이루는 것을 확인함으로서 남해안에서 5~6월에 어획되는 엽상자어는 모두 붕장어의 자어임을 할 수 있었다.

The United States enforces the seafood import regulations so-called the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), and by 2023, all exports of aquatic products and processed fish products by fisheries which have not obtained an “Comparability Finding” from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be completely banned. Therefore, to respond to the US MMPA, it is critical to identify technologies and methods used in worldwide for reducing bycatch of marine mammals. In particular, marine mammals are frequently caught in five fisheries (trawl, gill net, trap, stow net and set net) in Korea, which is facing a great challenge. This study presented bycatch reduction methods by five fisheries, classified the methods by country, and suggested appropriate reduction methods which can be applied in Korea.

Fish school monitoring technology is utilized for various purposes, such as boat fishing and resource surveys. With advancements in information and communication technology, this technology has expanded its application to remote areas. Its significance has grown in fishing sites, particularly for improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of set-net fishing. Set-net fishing gears are not limited to coastal areas, but are also installed in inland and remote sea regions. Consequently, fishermen require technology that allows them to quickly transmit information about approaching fish schools and enables them to perform long-term monitoring. The development of remote monitoring technology for set-net fish schools must consider crucial design factors such as communication range, transmission speed, power consumption of information modules, and operational expenses. In this study, we developed a low-power remote monitoring module for set-net fish school based on WCDMA. The module was specifically designed to minimize power consumption, allowing for communication over long distances and extended operation times in set-net fishing applications. Furthermore, we developed a web server software application that enables remote access to fish schools and provides real-time weather information. The performance of the developed module was evaluated through set-net fishing site application and experiments with moving ships on the sea. The experimental results demonstrated that the remote monitoring system, consisting of the developed low-power remote monitoring module for set-net fish school based on WCDMA and a fish finder, had an average power consumption of 4.6 W, a maximum communication range of 22.84 km, and a data transmission and reception rate of 98.79%. The maximum fish school information transmission and reception rate was 97.26%.

Fish samples were collected by a set net from April to December 2020 at the coastal waters off Tongyeong, Korea to determine fish species composition and seasonal variation. A total of 330,675 fish (1,032,578 g) representing 56 species belonging to 39 families were collected during the sampling period. The dominant species were Engraulis japonicus, Trachurus japonicus and Trichiurus japonicus, which accounted for 98.1% of the total number of individuals and 87.5% of the total biomass collected. E. japonicus and Chelidonichthys spinosus appeared every month off the coast of the Tongyeong. Cluster analysis based on the number of individuals of fish were classified into two groups at the dissimilarity level of 57%, and the results of ANOSIM analysis revealed significant differences in community structure among the two groups

This study calculated the on-site measurement (Tier 4) of greenhouse gases emitted during the production stage of major fishing periods that utilize set nets and bamboo weir fishing boats. In addition, using theoretically calculated results (Tier 1), the emission factor presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was comparatively analyzed. On average, carbon emissions for each operating period in the bamboo weir and set net were calculated to be 0.16 and 3.58 kg CO2 time -1 , respectively; and the measurement values (Tier 4) for each tool were about 4-17 times lower than their respective theoretical values (Tier 1). Significant differences were found based on engine performance. As port entry, port departure, and operating periods of the vessels show negligible variation with short distances, the operation of the vessel engine was considered as the main variable for carbon emissions in anchovy set net fishing.

Species composition and variation of catches in the coastal waters of Sinsan of Jeju Island were determined using samples collected by a set net from May 2014 to October 2015. During the survey period, a total of 55 species (51 species, 35 families and 11 orders in fishes, 4 species, 2 families and 2 orders in cephalopods) were occurred, and Perciformes (28 species) were dominant fishes in this area. In the number of individuals and biomass, the small pelagic fishes such as Trachurus japonicus and Scomber japonicus were occurred abundantly, and both species accounted for 95.9% of the total catch by a fishing logbook of a set net. In the results of length-frequency distribution of small pelagic fishes caught by a set net in Sinsan, T. japonicus showed a range from 3.5-19.1 cm (average 8.8 cm) and S. japonicus showed a range from 7.0-25.6 cm (average 16.8 cm). In addition, these were mostly immature fishes.

The fish influx and behavioral properties at a set-net off Goseong, South Korea were investigated using an imaging sonar. As a result, the average influx of fish was 33.9% at day time and 66.1% at night time, respectively, which indicated that a majority of fish entered into a playground in the set-net at night. The fish behavioral properties such as target (fish) length, range, orientation and major-axis angle were examined and compared among survey dates (4, 5, and 6 June 2019) using the statistical analysis tool (analysis of variance, ANOVA). The behavioral properties presented differently sometime of survey dates. This is preparatory study to support fish behavior properties in a set-net. It is expected that more elaborated behavioral information of fishes in the set-net is beneficial for designing and deploying a set-net fishing gear as well as general fish behavior research in the future.

According to the catch condition of Scomberomorus niphonius in autumn season affected greatly, the catch price for the set net fishery. Catch production and the selling price were relatively even except 2009 showing a great big blooming jellyfish of Nemopliema nomurai in 2008~2011. The fishing cost of the set net fishery in Yeosu has increased gradually by the decrease of catch production and unexpected environmental change like as jelly fish blooming. The increase of fishing cost diminished net income and caused a negative impact in profitability. The lowest Fisheries ratio of gross profit to gross costs the set net fishery were appeared 60.2% in 2010, respectively.Bycatch was highest in 2008 and lowest in 2009. In general, the bycatch was occurred from May to July every year and when Scomber japonicus was most dominant in the catch price by bycatch had a advantage in the profit side. However, the catch increase of immature small fishes by the bycatch, which will bring about the decrease of fisheries resources. Finally, the present state in set net fisheries will act as a defect on the long-term management of fisheries resources.

Fish was caught by a set net in Gwideok, Jeju island that was studied to determine monthly variation of species composition and catch from May 2005 to October 2006. Total catch was 54 species, 44,118 individuals, and 2,152,423.7 g during survey period. Dominant species were Trachurus japonicus and Siganus fuscescens that held 91.3% of total individuals and 71.3% of total abundance. The highest individuals and abundance of catch were in July 2005, and the lowest individuals and abundance of catch were in October 2006 and in October 2005, respectively. As the result, temporal change in abundance have corresponded with changing water temperature.

The annual and monthly fluctuation in the species composition and the catch abundance of dominant species were analyzed using the daily sales slip catch data by a set net in the offshore waters off Dolsan Island in Yeosu from March 2004 to December 2011. Mean catch from 2004 to 2011 is 372M/T and the maximum and the minimum catch are 526 M/T in 2005 and 27 2M/T in 2009, respectively. The dominant species were Engraulis japonicus mainly in spring and Scomberomorous niphonius in Autumn and therefore the set net catch that is dominated by S. niphonius's catch was much higher in autumn than in spring. Through comparative analyses for the environmental factors to the annual catch fluctuation, it is revealed that the water temperature variation affected the recruitment property of S. niphonius to the fishing ground but the effect of typhoon on the catch fluctuation was not distinct. Furthermore, the big blooming event of jellyfish, particularly Nemopilema nomurai, that occurred in 2009 showed a tendency of faster appearance and later extinction until December. The occurring characteristic of N. nomurai became a direct cause that brought about the lowest total catch in 2009 since the dominant species catch of the set net fishery was concentrated mostly in Autumn.

This thesis is the fundamental study on the adaptation of escape device for reducing small size of fish in set-net. The escape devices for experiments were made the grid-type devices with three different slit sizes (15, 20 and 25mm). The experiments of size selectivity on escape devices were conducted by using two kinds of species as black rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli) and sea perch (Lateolabrax maculatusi) in the experimental tank. The size selectivity curve was fitted by using a logistic function and the parameters of selectivity curve were estimated by a maximum likelihood method. In the results; 50% selection ranges for the grid-type escape devices with three different slit sizes were; a black rockfish was 13.30, 19.22 and 22.06cm and a sea perch was 17.64, 20.91 and 22.78cm, respectively. The 50% selection range of a black rockfish was wilder than a sea perch about 1.1~1.3 time. Therefore, the small size of fish are able to reduce by using the grid type escape device. However, the optimum slit size of grid should be decided to consider the size of target species and economics of catches.

In order to elucidate the mechanism of fishing condition variation of anchovy in the set net fisheries of Anggang Bay, the monthly catch of anchovy was analyzed and examined based on the data acquired from 2006 to 2010 in 13 different fishing grounds. Anchovy consistently appeared from April to December and reached the production of 840 to 1,424 t (average : 1,228 t), with a big annual variation. However, anchovy production in this area accounts for approximately 75% of the production by set net in Anggang Bay whereas it holds 6.8% of the nationwide production (=18,034 t) by set net. The school of anchovy starts to appear in April at the west mouth of the bay and move north-eastward. Afterward, having three of clockwise turns in the middle of the bay, they scatter to swim into the deep place of the bay and finally go out to turn back to their coming way. These behaviors of anchovy are likely related to thermal fronts as well as distributions of food. The production of anchovy (y, kg) relied greatly on frequencies of effective northeasterly (x1) or northwesterly (x2) wind (≤3.5m/s) which blow between April and June. Their relationships are as follows: y=1086.27+21.499x1-15.16x2 (r=0.901). Consequently, we concluded that the northeasterly wind, which appears in the breeding season of spring, played a role to retard the movement of anchovy school to the eastern sea, while the northwesterly wind inhibits the invasion of anchovy school into the bay.

The fisheries resources by a set net in the coastal waters off Neungpo, Goeje Island from 2003 to 2004 were studied to determine species composition and catch variation. The main fishing period by a set net were from April to December in 2003 and from May to December in 2004. A total weight of 48 species caught through the survey period was 540,688.0kg. Most of them were 44 species of fishes and a few were 4 species of cephalopods. Dominant species was Trachurus japonicus accounting to 57.5% in total catch. Sub-dominant species were Trichiurus lepturus(12.9%), Engraulis japonicus(10.6%), Scomber japonicus(6.9%), Clupea pallasii(4.5%), Todarodes pacificus(2.8%) and Parapristipoma trilineaturm(1.3%). The remnant species showed a low catch, indicating the catch had less than 1% in total, respectively. T. japonicus and T. lepturus were caught throughout the survey period, but C. pallasii, Gadus macrocephalus, Oncorhynchus keta in low temperature season and Thunnus obesus in high temperature season. The fishing ground temperature was 11.7-24.0℃ in range and the catch by a set net was higher in autumn than in spring and in summer with the variation of fishing ground temperature. The annual catch by a set net was much higher in 2004 than in 2003 due to high temperature(〉17℃) and the recruitment of T. japonicus from offshore seas. Therefore we concluded that the catch of Neungpo fishing ground by a set net was highly related to the variation of T. japonicus catch with fishing ground temperature.

The fundamental data on the catch fluctuation in the rectangular set net according to the tide age were developed based on the catches recorded from the year 1986 to 2004 in the coastal waters of Hamdeok, Jeju. Total catch by the rectangular set net had a deep connection with the tide age. In particular, during increasing tide, total catch were reduced gradually from the neap tide to the high tide. As it turned out, the slope of total catch declined by degree and showed a correlation coefficient of determination of 0.76. On the contrary, in the case of decreasing tide, there was little sign of rise in total catch. In particular, large catch seemed to occur at the next tide to the neap tide. In the relation between the catch and the tide age, the level of the correlation coefficient chosen at p≤0.05 decreased in the order rabbitfish(-0.84) and horse mackerel(-0.71), while the significance of other dominant species were not selected.

장기선 방식의 무선부이식 3차원 수중 위치 측정 시스템을 적용하여, 유향 및 유속에 따른 정치망 원통의 체적 변화를 구명하기 위한 현장실험을 2003년 4월 10일부터 4월 23일까지 자란만의 정치망에 대해서 실시하였다. 현장 실험에서 사용한 총 7개의 핑거 중 6개는 원통의 길이 방향에 부착하였고, 나머지 1개는 해저에 고정시켰다. 그리고, 유향 및 유속을 측정하여 정치망 원통의 체적변화를 조석 주기에 따라 분석하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 소형 가두리의 고정점에서 핑거의 x축, y축, Z축에 대한 위치오차는 0.2m, 0.4m, 0.1m로 나타났고, 평면상의 위치를 나타내는 y축 방향의 오차가 가장 크게 나타났다. 핑거의 위치가 수파기를 잇는 기선 혹은 내부에 있기 때문에 위치오차가 작았고, 따라서 체적계산에 적용한 오차도 작았다. 2. 소조기 2003년 4월 11일(음력 3월 10일) 원통 의 체적 최소, 최대는 각각 4,173m3, 4,757m3으로 나타났고, 이 때의 유향 및 유속은 99.9˚, 12.9cm/s, 104.0˚, 2.4cm/s이었다. 원통 체적의 최대 변화폭은 584m3으로 나타났다. 3. 대조기 2003년 4월 17일(음력 3월 16일) 원통의 체적 최소, 최대는 각각 2,016m3, 4,454m3으로 나타났고, 이 때의 유향 및 유속은 315.6˚, 16.1cm/s, 289.0˚, 5.7cm/s이었다. 원통 체적의 최대 변화폭은 2,438m3으로 나타났다. 4. 조석주기에 따른 원통의 최대 변화폭은 소조에서 대조로 변하는 4월 11일부터 16일(2,579m3)에 비하여 대조에서 소조로 변하는 4월 17일부터 20일 (3,552m3)이 약 1.4배 이상이었다.

본 연구에서는 실제 정치망 어장에서의 조류변화에 따른 어구 변형을 추정하고, 그 변형을 최소화시키며 어구의 기본 기능을 유지시키는 데 필요한 수중형상과 어구 용적을 확보할 수 있는 설계의 기본 자료를 얻기 위해 회류 수조에서 모형실험을 실시하였으며, 흐름에 따른 사개줄의 장력과 그물형상의 변화를 측정하였다. 실험에서 얻은 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 유속이 0.0m/s에서 0.6m/s로 변화할 때에 유속(x)에 따른 장력(y)의 실험식은 y=1814.1x+115.12 이었다. 2. 수중형상에 있어서 운동장이 흐름의 조상측인 경우에 운동장그물의 기울기는 0~79˚까지, 비탈 그물의 기울기는 0~56˚까지 변화하였고, 원통 까레 깊이 비는 제1원통 까래가 1.0~0.42까지, 제2원통 까래가 1.0~0.41까지 감소하였으며, 조하측인 원통그물의 기울기는 0~87˚까지 변화하였다. 3. 원통이 흐름의 조상측인 경우에 원통그물의 기울기는 0~60˚까지, 비탈그물의 기울기는 0~13˚까지 변화하였고, 원통 까래 깊이 비는 제1원통 까래가 1.0~0.27까지, 제2원통 까레가 1.0~0.15까지 감소하였으며, 유속이 0.3m/s일 때 비탈그물이 원통 입구까지 부상하고 0.5m/s일 때 원통 입구를 90% 이상 막았으며, 조하측인 운동장그물의 기울기는 0~58˚까지 변화하였다. 4. 각 부분의 변형을 최소화하기 위해서는 입구 및 운동장 부분에서는 힘줄의 저조시 수심 위치에 중량추를 부착하고, 운동장 바깥쪽에 이동식 부가 중량추를 부착하며, 원통에서는 제1원통의 섶장과 까래그물의 연결부에 중량추 및 이동식 부가 중량추를 부착하고, 비탈그물에 중량추를 부착하며, 제2원통에 이동식 부가 중량추를 부착하는 것이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

제주도 연안 정치망 조업 시스템 개량과 개발분야에서 연안해역에서 널리 사용되고 있는 각망어구의 구조개량을 위한 기초연구로서 현재 사용되고 있는 실물망을 1/20로 축소하여 개량된 입구 구조를 갖춘 모형 어구 8종류를 제작하고, 실험 수조에서 고등어 어군을 이용하여 모형 어구에 대한 어군의 입 · 출망 행동을 관찰 분석하였는데, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 원통그물내에서의 어군의 행동 패턴은 원형 모양으로 한쪽 원통그물내에 체류하는 행동과 긴 타원형 모양으로 좌 · 우 원통그물내를 왕복 유영하는 행동패턴으로 분류할 수 있었다. 2. 모형 어구 내에서의 고등어 어군의 평균 유영 속도는 원통 그물 중간 부분에서 24.9cm/sec, 오른쪽 원통그물내에서 12.6cm/sec, 입구에서 32.0cm/sec였다. 3. 어군의 입망율은 경과 시간 60초일 때 표준 모형 어구에서는 47%였고, 깔대기 그물이 길이가 35cm 의 모형 어구에서는 40%로 나타났는데, 양자의 차이는 7% 정도로 그다지 크지 않았다. 4. 어군의 출망율은 경과 시간 60초일 때 표준 모형 어구에서는 69%였고, 깔대기 그물의 길이가 35cm 의 모형 어구에서는 10%로 나타났는데, 양자의 차이는 59% 정도로 그 폭이 컸다. 5. 어군의 잔여율은 경과 시간 60초일 때 표준 모형 어구에서는 31%였고, 깔대기 그물의 길이가 35cm의 모형 어구에서는 90%로 나타났는데, 양자의 차이는 59% 정도였다.

제주도 연안 정치망의 어획성능을 향상시키기 위한 어구구조개량과 조업방식의 생력화에 대한 기초자료를 제공할 목적으로 현재 제주도 연안정치망 어장에 부설하여 조업을 행하고 있는 각망어구와 낙망어구의 어획성능을 비교하기 위해서 두 어장의 3년(1997~1999년)간 어획량을 분석하였는데, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 1997~1999년까지의 3년간의 총어획량은 각망어구가 18.7톤 낙망어구가 36.5톤으로 낙망구의 어획량이 2배 정도 많았다. 2. 1997~1999년까지의 오징어, 전갱이, 독가시와 방어의 어획량은 전체적으로 각망어구보다 낙망어구의 어척량이 1.8배 정도 많았다. 3. CPUE는 각망어구에서는 전갱이가 10.01k 오징어가 20.5kg, 독가시치가 18.0kg 방어가 2.2kg이며 낙망어구에서는 전갱이가 57.5kg, 오징어가 30.0kg, 독가시치가 25.0kg, 방어가 4.7kg였는데 전반적으로 낙망어구의 CPUE가 높게 나타났다. 4. 유어율은 각망어구에서는 전갱이가 64%, 오징어가 79%, 독가시치가 39% 방어가 14%이고 낙망어구에서는 전갱이가 18%, 오징어가 85%, 독가시치가 40%, 방어가 14%로 전체적으로는 각망어구의 유어율이 높게 나타났으나 여기서의 어획량은 낙망어구가 높게 나타났다.