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http://dx.doi.org/10.3796/KSFT.2015.51.1.086

Estimating the biomass of anchovy species off the coast of Tongyeong and Yeosu in South Korea in the spring and winter of 2013 and 2014  

Kang, Myounghee (Department of Maritime Police and Production System/Institute of Marine Industry, The institute of Maritime Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
Seo, Young Il (Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
Oh, Taeg Yun (Fisheries Resources Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
Lee, Kyounghoon (School of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Jang, Choong-Sik (Department of Maritime Police and Production System/Institute of Marine Industry, The institute of Maritime Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology / v.51, no.1, 2015 , pp. 86-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
Anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) is one of the most important species in the South Sea of South Korea. In order to estimate the biomass of anchovy, acoustic surveys, concurrently with trawling, were conducted in April, July, and September of 2013 and February of 2014 off the coast of Tongyeong and Yeosu. However, anchovies were found only during spring (April) and winter (February) surveys. To display only anchovy species confirmed by trawls on empty spaced echograms, virtual echograms were created. Three target strength (TS) values of anchovy were used: TS_z = 20 log L - (20/3) log (1+z/10) - 67.6 (Zhao et al.), TS_y =20 log L - 72.9 (Yoon et al.), TS_f = 20 log L - 71.9 (Foote). For anchovy schools combined with other species e.g., hairtail, squid, and Korean pomfret, their TS values were used to calculate an average TS. As a result, the anchovy biomass in the winter survey was approximately 75,000 tons (TS_z), 90,000 tons (TS_f), 114,000 tons (TS_y), respectively. The biomass in spring was 9,000 tons (TS_z), 9,200 tons (TS_f), 10,000 tons (TS_y). The sampling variance of spring was 70% and of winter was 30%. In order to manage anchovy resource sustainably, larvae and adult anchovy should be separately surveyed, the optimal area, date, and time for acoustic survey should be investigated, and the biomass survey should be done for relatively long and regular base.
Keywords
Anchovy; Biomass; Echosounder; Sampling variance;
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