• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.317-325
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• 2022

Korean tuna purse seine fishery in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) began to operate in earnest in the early 1980s. Since then, the total catch has shown an increasing trend and the target species are skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacare) and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). Based on the operational data of Korean tuna purse seine fishery from 2016 to 2020, the catch rates of target species (skipjack and yellowfin tunas) were analyzed by operation time for set types (free school and FAD sets). In the case of the free school sets, they were usually made from sunrise to sunset, and the catch rate was high before and after sunrise for skipjack tuna and before sunset for yellowfin tuna. On the other hand, for the FAD sets, more than 90% of them were made just before sunrise, and there were few operations during the daytime. The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are differences in the catch rate of skipjack and yellowfin tunas by operation time and by school type for Korean tuna purse seine fishery in the WCPO, which could be helpful in understanding its fishing characteristics and providing useful information for developing the stock indices of the target species.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.174-175
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• 2001

‘90년대에 들어 UN해양법 발효에 따른 세계각국의 조업규제와 배타적 경제수역 선포로 인한 원양어장 축소, 한ㆍ중ㆍ일간의 새로운 어업질서 구축 등으로 잡는 어업의 생산 여건 악화, 연근해 어장 및 어업 자원의 한계성 노출, 산업화에 따른 연안오염의 진전, WTO 체제 출범에 따른 전면적인 수산물 수입개방 및 세계 무역질서의 변화로 인한 국제 경쟁력 약화 둥 어업 질서 변화에 따른 수산가공업계의 원료난이 심각한 가운데, 고가 희귀성의 고부가가치 천연원료를 대체하기 위해 게맛살과 같은 새로운 모조식품 개발이 전세계적인 관심사로 대두되고 있는 가운데, 인조어란은 수입대체 및 수출전략형으로 잠재 시장성이 큰 새로운 수산모조식품의 한분야가될 것으로 예상되어 새로운 시장 창출을 위한 캡슐화 등의 첨단 실용화 응용기술 개발의 필요성이 크게 대두되고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.113-132
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• 2014

With the global warming phenomenon, the deep sea water area that fishing vessels can enter and operate is ever widening. For example, the Arctic Ocean recently has overall competitive advantages due to having many deep-sea fish stocks. The North Pacific region is a strategic coastal district, the closest access point of Arctic Ocean. For Korean fishing vessels which now operate in North Pacific region, and want to entry the Arctic Ocean, the analysis of technical efficiency is needed for preparing the better industry's future. This paper aims to analyze the relative efficiency, and select the low effective deep-sea fishing vessels in the North Pacific, and to suggest their desirables strategies. As a research methodology, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist Index are applied to 16 fishing vessels for the periods(2009 to 2013). To draw out the efficiency of targeted deep-sea fishing vessels, gross tons, horsepowers, and operating days are used as input variables while total catch stands for an output variable. As a result, CCR efficiency, BCC efficiency and scalability efficiency are measured to be 0.8405, 0.9484 and 0.8858 respectively for 5 years (2009 to 2013). In conclusion, 38% of total tons, 36% of horsepowers and 29% of operating days each fishing vessel should be reduced to keep their competitive powers.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.37-47
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• 1977

Korea started the Atlantic tuna fishery from 1964 by means of longline, then added bait-boats in 1972. Both fisheries have given the top priority to catch yellowfin tuna(Thunnus albacares). The paper reviews available catch, effort and biological data, estimates some population parameters in order to understand the status of the Atlantic yellowfin tuna as a whole. The main findings are summarized as follows: 1. The total of 476 million hook-equivalent fishing effort was thrown to catch yellowfin tuna in 1974, among which one thired was shared by longliners. 2. The dominant age group becomes younger in both surface and longline fisheries. 3. The recent mortality coefficients were calculated as 1.5 for total mortality and 0.7 for fishing mortality. 4. The weight at recruitment was 2.7 kg in 1973 which was smaller than the regulation size(3.2kg) proposed by ICCAT. 5. The maximum sustained yield was calculated to 95-145 thousand metric tons, which was the level of recent catch. Therefore, it is apparent that the present yellowfin tuna fishery should continue to receive close attention.