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.

솔알락명나방(Dioryctria abietella)의 유충은 잣나무 구과를 가해 하는데, 피해를 심하게 받은 구과 종자의 손실량은 20.3%이며, 잣나무에서 구과피해율이 평균 25.7%에 달하여(이성찬, 2014), 잣 생산에 막대한 영향을 미치고 있다. 잣나무에서 페로몬 트랩의 설치 높이에 따른 솔알락명나방의 유인 효과 조사를 위하여 고가작업차 를 이용하여 잣나무림 지상부, 수관하부, 수관중부, 수관상부에 페로몬 트랩을 설치하였다. 페로몬은 케이아이 피에서 구입 하여 사용하였으며 트랩은 델타트랩을 설치하였다. 4월 26일에 최초 설치를 시작하여 기상상황에 맞게 10~15일 간격으로 수거하여 유인된 개체수를 조사하였다. 5월 초순에 4개 개체가 채집되기 시작하였으며, 6월 하순에 136개체가 채집되어 최대 밀도가 채집되었으며, 이후 점차 밀도가 감소하다가 8월 부터 밀도가 다시 증가하였다가 8월 중순 이후부터 다소 감소하기 시작하였다. 6월 초순에는 채집개체가 전혀 없었는데 이는 5월 하순부터 잣나무 송화가루가 날리면서 끈끈이트랩을 오염시켜 끈끈이트랩의 접착력이 떨어진 것에 기인한 것 으로 판단되었다. 수고별 솔알락명나방 페로몬 트랩 유인효과는 채집된 개체의 99.0%가 수관 상부에서 채집되 었으며, 2개체만이 수관중부에서 채집되었다. 수관하부와 지상에 설치된 트랩에서는 전혀 채집이 되지 않아 페로몬 트랩의 설치 높이에 따라 유인 효과가 매우 다른 것으로 나타났다.

Machilus thunbergii (Laurales: Lauraceae, 후박나무) is planted as a street tree in Jeollanamdo and Jeju Island. Orthaga olivacea (Lepidoprate: Pyralidae, 제주집명나방) is known as a major pest of M. thunbergii. For managing O. olivacea by eco-friendly control method, the mating disruption would be expected. The sex pheromone of O. olivacea was identified as a mixture of (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate (Z11-16Ac), (Z)-11-hexadecenal (Z11-16Ald), and (Z)-11-hexadecenol (Z11-16OH) at a ratio of 100: 0.1:0.1 by Chinese research group. Before applying mating disruption, confirmation of its attraction in Korea was essential. The pheromone traps composed of Z11-16Ac alone and the blend of three components (100:0.1:0.1) were installed in Haenam, Jeollanamdo in 2021, and Jeju and Seogwipo, Jeju in 2022. In field attraction test, no O. olivacea was attracted to any trap. However, Mamesastra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), which was not intended, was caught in both years in the trap. Total of 19 in Haenam between September 23 and 30, total of 11 in Jeju between September 30 and October 28, and total of 108 in Seogwipo between September 15 and November 11 were caught to the trap lured with Z11-16Ac. While in the trap lured with the blend, total 1 and 6 were captured in Haenam and Seogwipo, respectively.

As increasing number of stray cats, it recently has more chance for stray cats to invade people area. Inevitably, the number of cases of inconvenience and damage caused by street cats is also increasing proportionally. Therefore, we investigated and analyzed the current status and implementation of TNR in Korea and suggested the direction in which Korea's policy should go. Domestic TNR has been implemented for about 20 years, but the ratio of stray cats to which TNR is applied insufficient and post-management after TNR is also insufficient. In the case of other countries, a large percentage of TNR is conducted by selecting TNR target cats based on scientific grounds and adoption or additional observation is carried out after TNR. Based on this strategy, the conditions for successful TNR need to expand the decision-making authority of veterinarians involved in TNR and actively invigorate subsequent solutions such as adoption. In addition, the policy should be improved in the way of expanding management and supervision after TNR through food service centers and shelters.

2007년 메타버스 로드맵에서 메타버스 정의가 공식 발표된 바 있으며, 당시 국내외 연구자들에 의해 많은 논문이 발표되면서 학문적 이론적으로 정립하려는 노력을 해왔다. 이와는 달리, 산업계에서는 ‘메타버스’키 워드가 비대면 장기화와 맞물려 과열 양상을 보이고 있다. 정작 언급되는 메타버스 성공사례는 '게임'이거나 '게이미피케이션' 또는 ‘게임융합’ 사례가 다수다. 따라서, '메타버스'영역에도 게이미피케이션 이론과 원리의 적용은 바람직하다. 이에, 필자가 발표했던 DMGL 모델을 확장하여, 메타버스 내 습관형성 위한 다이내믹 모델을 제시하였다. 저자는 플레이어 경험을 향상시키기 위해 메타월드 습관 형성을 위한 4가자 양상의 모 델을 제안했다. P1) 플레이어는 세계관에 따라 전개되는 배경스토리를 따르며, 유발된 호기심으로 탐험할 동 기가 생성되고 게임의 조작법을 익히고 게임의 목표를 향하는 여정이다. P2) 플레이어는 메타월드의 조작법 익히기 단계로 온보딩 한다. P3) 플레이어는 아바타 꾸미기,아이템 획득/거래,커뮤니티 활동 등을 수행하면 서, 점차 목적(표)를 향한다. P4) 플레이어는 목적기능을 바로 수행할 수 있는 방식으로 온보딩한다. 이 모델 은 게임의 원리와 요소의 융합(게이미피케이션)으로, 후속연구에서 보다 심도 있는 연구 모델을 제시할 예 정이다.

After detection of red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) at Gamman port in Busan in September of 2017, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency has surveilled invasive ants in the area with a high invasion risk of ants. However, existing surveillance traps have several limitations such as captured ants could escape easily or it is very hard to set up the trap on a hard ground like concrete or asphalt. To solve these problems, we developed a new trap using multiple narrow tubes to attract ants to the inside of the trap and make it hard for ants to escape. The new trap can be easily set up under various conditions. The new trap has more than four times ant capturing efficacy compared to conventional pitfall traps. Our results confirmed that the new trap could prevent captured ants from escaping. We hope that this newly developed trap would contribute to the prevention of invasive ants.

Fisheries is known as a high-risk industry in Korea, and various efforts have been made to reduce occupational accidents. Trap fisheries represent crustacean production, accounting for 4.7% of total fisheries production and 10.7% of its production value, which is classified as a relatively high-risk industry. With the disaster insurance payment data of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (NFFC) from 2016 to 2020, the accident rate of the entire fishery, the accident rate of trap fisheries, and the type of disasters in the past five years were analyzed. As a result, the average fishery accident rate for the past five years was 5.31%, but it was high at 6.15% for coastal trap fisheries and 5.59% for offshore trap fisheries. Slips and trips, struck by objects and contact with machinery were the most common types of the accident according to the characteristics of the work, and hand injuries were analyzed the most. Additional efforts, including education for accident prevention, development of personal protective equipment and improvement of the working environment, are needed to prevent accidents caused by repeated types of disasters.