• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.341-347
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• 1987

The behavior of conger eel, Astroconger myriaster (Brevoort), to the bamboo and plastic pots with baits was investigated alternately in two experimental water tanks. One of the pots being dropped on the tank bottom, the eels touched it to obtain the bait probably by their sense of smell, and increased rapidly in the number of touch to show a maximum within 30 minutes. But the touch was made mainly to the pot wall at which the bait was located and quite accidentally to the pot mouth. The eels touched the pot mouth retreated frequently without attempting to enter the pot and their entering was very hampered by the bamboo funnel constituting the pot mouth. However, a entering, if made, encouraged other touches and the touches ascribed other enterings. But, if 30 minutes elapsed, the number of touch decreased gradually and so the enterings were little made. The ability of pots attracting the eels into them was varied with their inclination to the tank bottom and the bait position in them. That is, the pot which was laid horizontally showed high ability of attracting in case in which the bait was fixed in the vicinity of its mouth. The pot, inclined by $30^{\circ}$ by lifting its tail and had a bait left free, showed almost equal ability to the horizontal pot with a bait in the vicinity of mouth. But the pot, inclined by $30^{\circ}$ by lifting its mouth and had a bait left free, showed a very low attracting. A comparison between the bamboo and plastic pots gave only that the entering of the eels became later several minutes in the latter.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.60-64
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• 2004

The reason of the loss for the plastic sea-eel pots were estimated as crew's mistake, strong current, bad weather, rough seabed, artificial reef and other boats' fishing. Especially, pot loss happened on the fishing could make some additional catch, loss of the catches and ghost fishing because there are baits and alive fish in the lost pot. Quantity of the lost pots was estimated as 2~4 times of the ordinary usage. On the result of investigation to analyze the possibility of sustainable ghost fishing for the lost pot to feed the fishes at anytime because there were blenny, silver whiting, bar-tailed flathead and shrimp including sea-eel in the lost pot. In the bioeconomic point, ghost fishing is competitive with the general fishing. Accordingly, usage of biodegradable plastic material for the plastic sea-eel pot will be better to reduce ghost fishing

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.57-58
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• 2001

플라스틱 붕장어 통발은 양승이나 투승과정의 실수로 혹은 황천시 부표나 멍의 파손 또는 저인망과 같은 다른 업종의 어선이 어구를 망가뜨리는 바람에 바다에 버려지게 된다. 그러나 이들 통발 가운데 대부분은 원래의 어구 구성에서 분리되었을 뿐이지 어구 본래의 기능은 그대로 가지고 있어, Ghost Fishing의 기회가 어느 어구보다 높다고 할 수 있다. 특히 통발에 수산 생물이 들어오는 이유에 대해서는, 대부분의 통발이 미끼를 통발 안에 넣어서 조업하고 있어 미끼에 유인된 수산생물이 통발 안으로 들어오는 것으로 생각하거나, 혹은 통발의 차폐작용 때문에 들어온다는 것 또는 통발 미끼가 통발을 통하여 다량으로 수중에 뿌려지므로 통발 속에는 먹이가 있을 것이라는 학습에 의해 미끼가 없는 통발에도 들어온다는 가설 등이 있는 만큼 통발이 온전하게 수중에 머물러 있으면, 언제든지 Ghost Fishing이 일어날 가능성이 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.149-155
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• 2002

Sea-eels caught by fishing boat and trawl were analyzed to investigate feeding status and individual growth of sea-eels caught from the lost plastic sea-eel Pot which is estimated at the ghost fishing Average length of sea-eel caught from fishing boat and test fishing was 33.6cm, 48.9cm for trawl and 45.6cm for the lost plastic sea-eel pot, respectively. The length frequency distribution is the same as the fact that sea-eel goes to the offshore from the coastal waters according to the getting growth. Sea-eel rate having empty stomach were 5.0% for fishing boat, 4.2% for trawl and the empty stomach rate of sea-eel was the highest as 87.6% in the lost pot. Sea-eel rate feeding fish as prey were 98.7% for fishing boat, 78.8% for trawl and 63.3% for the lost pot, respectively and other preys were crustacean and cephalopod. Fatness index calculated using weight and length were 1.514 for trawl catches and 1.292 for the lost pot and the difference was 15% between trawl catches and the lost pot. There also was difference at the 5% significance level in the result of t-test of Covariance Analysis.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.315-322
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• 1990

In order to find out the most favorable shape and structure of pot for conger eel, Astroconger myriaster(Brevoort), the box type, tube type and flat box type of net pots and the pipe type of plastic pot were prepared. Then, the ability of the pots attracting the eel into them were investigated through a tank experiment. The attracting ability was highest in the pipe type without distinction of its length, 50cm and 60cm. In the flat box type, the effective height of pot and the diameter of entrance tip turned out 5cm respectively. But the ability was very poor in the rest pots, especially in the tube type. Thus, the pipe type and flat box type of pots were employed again in a field experiment for comparing their catches with those of the conventional bamboo and plastic pots. In the experiment, the catches were the most in the pipe type and second in the flat box type. But the bamboo and plastic pots both produced comparatively low catches, showing no significant difference between them. It was therefore concluded that the pipe type of pot might be the most favorable one for catching the conger eel.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.380-384
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• 1992

The authors carried out an experimental fishing of Sea eel(Astroconger Myriaster) Pots to find the accuracy of the relationship formula between body dimensions and the optimum diameter of pot hole. The diameter of pot hole was used by an experimental fishing were 0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0cm. the number of pot were 271, 278, 283, 296 respectively. An experimental fishing was performed during October, 1988 in the southern Sea of Korea. The results obtained can be summarized as follows; 1. The relationship formula between body dimensions was very accurate. 2. Optimum diameter of pot hole must be made 1.5cm at least.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.238-244
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• 1990

The behavior of conger eel, Astroconger myriaste(Brevoort), to the net pots with baits was investigated alternately in two experimental water tanks. One of the pots being dropped on the tank bottom, the eels increased rapidly in number of touching the pot to show a maximum whithin 30 minutes and then decreased gradually. The enterings of eels into the pots were also made mainly within 30 minutes and easier in pots with lower entrances. But the complete enterings were decided by the passage of eel tails through the pot entrances and so the eels retreated frequently after attemping to enter the pots, especially in pots small in the interval between the entrances and the baits or in pots with flappers. However, most of enterings encouraged the touches and earlier enterings ascribed earlier production of maximum touch. The eels, if entered the pots without flappers, got out of the pots relatively easily and the getting-out was easier in pots with lower entrances. On the other hand, the eels entered the pot with flappers could not get out of the pots. A comparison between the circular and square pots gave that the guidance of eels to the entrances was easier in the former and the passing of eels through the entrances in the latter, not only at the inside of pots but also at the outside. The general behavior of eels in touching or entering the net pots in the above results was almost equal to that on the bamboo and plastic pots in the previous paper.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.77-78
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• 2002

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.95-105
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• 1987

Traditional sea Eel pots can be divided into two groups such as bamboo and plastic pots, however they are nearly same in a shape with one entrance and fishing efficiency, except their materials. Very few yet have been studied on their catching methods or catching mechanisms at the view point of behavior. Accordingly, we have designed tubular pots in order to fill up faults of traditional fishing gear construction and behaviors of sea eel. The suitable tubular pots was decided by comparative experiments in the water tank and the fishing efficiency was compared through the field experiments. The results obtained are as follows : 1. The differences between traditional plastic pots and improved tubular pots are firstly two entrances in both ends of tube without holes, secondly flapper nets are fixed at the end of each cone, and thirdly a bait bag is fixed at the center of pot. 2. The standard size of the suitable tubular pot is: $$Tube\;:\;\phi\;12\~13{\times}L80\;cm$$, $$Cone\;:\;Inside\;ring\;\phi6{\times}D5\;cm$$, Flapper : L10 cm. 3. The fishing efficiency of tubular rots is 2.3 times better than that of plastic pots.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.79-80
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• 2002