• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.36-42
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• 2002

This study was conducted to estimate the number of lost or abandoned plastic sea-eel pots and investigate the actual condition on the ghost fishing happened from the pots during the period of August 1996 and January 2002 In the Southern Sea of Korea. The average number of lost or abandoned sea-eel pots in the investigated sea area were 34 ea/$\textrm{km}^2$ and was the lowest as 5 ea/$\textrm{km}^2$ Sea Area code # 113 and was the highest as 94 ea/$\textrm{km}^2$ in the Sea Area code #106. Pots number in accordance with water depth was the highest as 89 ea/$\textrm{km}^2$ on the level of 61 ~70m and there was no collection for the sea-eel pot over 130m water depth. The average catch rate of ghost fishing happened from the lost or abandoned pots was 8.1% and the highest rate was 25% in the Sea Area code #224 and there were no catches in the Sea Area code # 92, 110, 243 and 253. The number of lost or abandoned sea-eel pots continued ghost fishing were estimated as 14.2 ea/$\textrm{km}^2$ in the Sea Area code # 99 and was the highest. Catch rate of ghost fishing according to water depth was the highest as 23.5% on the level of 71~80 m, and the number of lost or abandoned sea-eel pots continued ghost fishing were estimated as 12.7 ea/$\textrm{km}^2$ on the level of 81~90m and was the highest. Length distribution of sea-eel which were caught from ghost fishing was 25.5~66.0$\textrm{cm}^2$

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.51-54
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• 2003

Ghost fishing이란 유실되거나 버려진 어구가 바다 속에 방치된 채로 어획을 계속하고 있는 상태를 의미하며, 이것이 주목받게 된 것은 1960년 FAO가 Ghost fishing의 심각성을 지적한 이후이다. 1950년대까지는 어구에 쓰이는 그물이 천연 재료였기 때문에 유실 어구는 일정 기간 후에 바다 속에서 부패되어, 어구로서의 기능을 상실하게 되므로서 Ghost fishing이 크게 문제시되지 않았다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.27-34
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• 2005

This study was conducted to examine the mesh selecivity and optimum mesh size of spring frame trap for conger eel. Conger myriaster. It was carried out on 25th Sep. 2002 at the coastal sea of Nung-po, Geojedo. The experimental fishing gear was used in five kinds of different mesh size spring frame trap that were 15mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm and 35mm, and one plastic pot as control fishing gear that was 6.7mm hole diameter. The mesh size 15mm, 20mm are the current gears, 25mm, 30mm are used in experiment, and 35mm is the legal mesh. These were made 50 traps, respectively. The mesh selectivity curve was analysed by the Kitahara's method(1968) and the optimum mesh size was estimated by relationship between the total length and diameter of conger eel and by the mesh selectivity master curve. The results obtained are summarized follows : 1. The total number of catch by the trap for conger eel was 835, it was consisted of 537 conger eel(64.4), 225 crabs(2639%) and 73 others(8.7%). 2. The value of maximum 1/m on the mesh selectivity curve was estimated at about 23.9. 3. The optimum mesh size of spring frame trap for conger eel was estimated 34.0mm in 50% selection range of the mesh selectivity master curve.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.202-208
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• 2002

Test fishing was carried out utilizing a coastal pot-fishing boat from IS March to 7 April 2002 and the results obtained are summarized as follows ; 1. Mean catches(Number of sea eels) according to the soak time of 3 hours, 6 hours and 12 hours were 44.6, 60.0 and 83.3, and CPUE(Number of catch / 10pots·hour) were 2.5, 1.7 and 1.1 respectively 2. Catch difference between over 24 hours and 48 hours was 11.3% and 3.3% between over 48 hours and 72 hours. 3. In the test fishing, by-catches were so low(1.5∼3%) until 12 hours of soaking time passed By-catches were increased according to the soaking time addition on the over 24 hours of soaking time. The bait effect for sea-eel seems to be diminished as soon as the casting started and there was big difference in proportion to bait size and freshness.