Underwater CCTV camera systems are increasingly replaced the traditional net approach of assessing the species, numbers and aggregation patterns of marine animals distributing around the artificial reefs installed in the inshore fishing grounds, in particular, in relation to the biological investigation of behavior and distribution patterns of target fishes. In relation to these needs, we developed a multi-directional underwater CCTV camera system to use in detecting and tracking marine animals in the artificial reef ground. The marine targets to be investigated were independently tracked by using a camera module toward the bottom and four camera modules installed in the interval of 90˚ in horizontal plane and inclination of 45˚ in vertical plane of the CCTV system without the overlap of video frames by each camera module. From the results of several field tests at sea, we believe that the developed multi-directional underwater CCTV camera system will contribute to a better understanding in evaluating the effect of artificial reefs installed in the inshore fishing grounds.

This study shows that the distribution density of snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, was estimated using an underwater video monitoring system attached on the towing sledge. The field experiments were carried out at the coastal waters around Chuksan, East Sea, where ranged from 110 to 130m depth during September and October 2007. The sledge was towed for 40 minutes and the towing speed was controlled between 1.5 to 1.7 knot and each research areas were calculated to multiply towed distance by the detection width of the video monitoring system(1.2m), and then, distribution density of snow crab in each observations were estimated as a counted number of crab per 1,000m2. The result shows that their survey, taken between two months, reflected similar results during survey period, and the maximum and mean distribution densities in September estimated to be 77.0(number/1,000m2) and 19.9, respectively, and those of October were 36.0 and 21.8, respectively.

본 연구에서는 세장체의 연속적인 거동을 전체 길이에 대하여 측정할 수 있는 계측시스템을 선정하며, 선정된 수중카메라 시스템의 성능평가를 수행한다. 수중카메라의 기초성능평가를 위하여 강체파이프의 강제가진 실험을 수행한다. 파이프의 상단을 강제가진장치에 고정시킨 후, 일정주기와 진폭으로 가진시켜 수중카메라를 이용하여 변위를 측정한다. 강제가진장치에 입력된 신호와 수중카메라에 계측된 신 호를 비교하여 측정 정밀도를 평가한다. 연속체인 세장체 파이프의 강제가진 실험을 수행하여, 수중카메라 시스템의 실시간 3차원적인 측정 가능성을 정성적으로 평가한다. 본 수중카메라 시스템은 향후 국내 심해공학수조에 적용되어, 세장체구조물 및 계류선 등의 거동 측정에 활용 될 것이다.