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http://dx.doi.org/10.3796/KSFT.2016.52.4.356

Analysis on fishing conditions of the Korean tuna purse seiner operating in the western and central Pacific Ocean  

PARK, Yong-Ye (Department of Fishery Production, The Graduate School Global Fisheries, Pukyong National University)
LEE, Yoo-Won (Education Operation Team, Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology)
LEE, Dae-Jae (Division of Marine Production System Management, Pukyong National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology / v.52, no.4, 2016 , pp. 356-363 More about this Journal
Abstract
To suggest more efficient fishing operation, it was analyzed using five years (2011~2015) catch data of six Korean-flagged tuna purse seiners (with 1000 mt of haul capacity) operating in the western and central Pacific Ocean. In terms of annual total catch, it presented a two-year cycle of variation on catch, showing that catches of 2012, 2014 and 2015 were high, whereas those of 2011 and 2013 were low. The proportions on fishing effort of associated set were around 21.9~30.8% having 21.5~45.0% of total catch. In this study, there was no significant difference between catches of unassociated set and associated set. When considered having good fishing conditions, fishing activities were concentrated in the areas of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Kiribati, while it showed that fishing ground spreaded out to the areas of not only PNG and Kiribati but also Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Tuvalu and Solomon islands. The average number of fishing days was 271 with a range of 246~285. As restriction on fishing operation such as reduction of fishing days and higher fishing fee are expected to strengthen, the result of this study will be helpful to select more efficient fishing methods for purse seine fishery based on fishing conditions.
Keywords
Tuna purse seine fishery; WCPFC; FAD; VDS; Fishing characteristics;
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