• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2022

Among the 13 species of otters in the world, only one Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is found in South Korea. In the Korean Peninsula, otter pelts were historically valuable and expensive commodities used for international trade, and otters have long been poached as hunting animals. Recent rapid economic development in South Korea has increased habitat fragmentation and loss, creating a continuing threat to the natural environment. Otters live only in the area of rivers and streams as a family group and are territorial (linear habitat). Due to these limited conditions of otter habitat, the population size of otter is lower than that of onshore mammals. According to recent research, DNA analyses using microsatellite markers have shown that only approximately 7-21 otter individuals inhabit river systems for a length of 50-230 km. Korea's urban streams are associated with many threats that hinder otters from inhabiting them. Many areas around the urban streams are surrounded by high concrete riverbanks, and the risk of roadkill is also high. Nevertheless, ecological restoration projects in the urban rivers will contribute greatly to the stable inhabitation of otters. Detailed otter conservation strategies, such as the elimination of threat factors, improvement of habitat environment, and restoration of food resources and shelter, will provide a positive restoration effect on otter and river ecosystems as well.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.132-143
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• 1992

This paper presents a method in order to calculate the vortex distribution, the streak-line and the time-line around the flat and the cambered otter board in two dimensional flow using the discrete vortex method, and to calculate C sub(L) and C sub(D) of the otter boards varied with the passage of time by the numerical simulation using the Blasu's formula. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. Flow pattern around the otter boards calculated by the discrete vortex method was resembled closely that of the visualized photograph. 2. C sub(L) and C sub(D) calculated by the numerical simulation was very similar to the model test. 3. The circulation direction around the otter boards and the action direction of the shearing force can be recognized from the time-line around the otter boards. 4. Flow speed in the back side of the otter boards was faster than that in the front side, and the difference of the flow speed in both side of the cambered otter boards was about 1.3 times greater than that of the flat otter boards. 5. The clockwise vortex was generated in the trailing edge, and the counter-clockwise vortex was generated the leading edge of the otter boards. And they were shown the shape of Karman's vortex varied with the passage of time.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2014

The motion of the otter board on a trawl can affect the motion of trawl nets, and the motion of the codend can affect fish selectivity. Preliminary measurements of the tilt of bottom trawl gear were carried out to compare the tilts of the otter board and codend. The tilt of the otter board was measured by Vector and tilt at 1.5 m anterior to the end of the codend, and the middle upper panel was measured with a micro-DST-tilt logger. Tilt data such as yaw, pitch, and roll were analyzed by the fast Fourier transformation method and global wavelet and event analyses for the period or amplitude. The mean period ${\pm}$ standard deviation of the tilt in the otter board, $(5-6){\pm}2s$, was similar to the period of the codend, $(4-6){\pm}(2-3)s$, whereas the amplitude of the codend was greater than that of the otter board. The yaw and pitch periods were not significantly different between the otter board and codend, but roll was different. Furthermore, the tilt period frequencies of the otter board and codend were not significantly different. Accordingly, the tilt motion of the codend was mostly related to the tilt of the otter board.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.501-513
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• 2002

Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is one of endangered wildlife species whose population size is declining in Korea. To manage and conserve habitat for Eurasian otter, it is crucial to understand which habitat components affect otter habitat qualities. The objectives of this study were to develop a habitat suitability model of Eurasian otter in Soraksan National Park, to validate the model in Odaesan National Park. The research methods of this study were as follows. First, trace data and characters of Eurasian otter habitat were collected with Geographic Information System (GIS) data and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers between 2000 and 2002. Second, the habitat use factors were identified as habitat characteristics of Eurasian otter and classified with habitat use and availability analyses. Third, significant factors of habitat model were extracted by Chi-square test. The last, Eurasian Otter Habitat Suitability Model (EOHSM) was employed by logistic regression method. Otter habitat use was positively associated with the reeds and shrubs areas adjacent to streams, the size of boulders, and low human disturbance in Soraksan National Park by EOHSM. This model had a classification accuracy of 74.4% at cutoff value of 0.5. Model validation showed a classification accuracy of 86.6 % at cut off value of 0.5 for otter habitat in Odaesan National Park.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2007

Otter boards in the trawl are the one of essential equipments for the net mouth to be spread to the horizontal direction. Its performance should be considered in the light of the spreading force to the drag and the stability of towing in the water. Up to the present, studies of the otter boards have focused mainly on the drag and lift force, but not on the stability of otter boards movement in 3 dimensional space. In this study, the otter board is regarded as a rigid body, which has six degrees of freedom motion in three dimensional coordinate system. The forces acting on the otter boards are the underwater weight, the resistance of drag and spread forces and the tension on the warps and otter pendants. The equations of forces were derived and substituted into the governing equations of 6 degrees of freedom motion, then the second order of differential equations to the otter boards were established. For the stable numerical integration of this system, Backward Euler one of implicit methods was used. From the results of the numerical calculation, graphic simulation was carried out. The simulations were conducted for 3 types of otter boards having same area with different aspect ratio(${\lambda}=0.5,\;1.0,\;1.5$). The tested gear was mid-water trawl and the towing speed was 4k't. The length of warp was 350m and all conditions were same to each otter board. The results of this study are like this; First, the otter boards of ${\lambda}=1.0$ showed the longest spread distance, and the ${\lambda}=0.5$ showed the shorted spread distance. Second, the otter boards of ${\lambda}=1.0$ and 1.5 showed the upright at the towing speed of 4k't, but the one of ${\lambda}=0.5$ heeled outside. Third, the yawing angles of three otter boards were similar after 100 seconds with the small oscillation. Fourth, it was revealed that the net height and width are affected by the characteristics of otter boards such as the lift coefficient.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.41-48
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• 1986

To investigate the midwater trawl gear available for the Korean near sea trawlers, the authors carried out a field experiment on the attitude and the opening efficiency of the otter board with the Pusan 404 (160GT, 750ps), a training ship of National Fisheries University of Pusan. The experimental trawl gear was designed to be operable by the ship and the otter board was made of single iron plate with 12% camber ratio. The special-prepared potentiometric angle detector was used for determining the attitude, and the 50 KHz fish finder for the opening between the otter boards. The results obtained can be summarized as follows: 1. The angle of attack varied by moving the towing point on the towing plate of the otter board. It showed 33 to 36 degrees when the point was set at the outmost position, 25 to 31 degrees at the middle position and 19 to 30 degrees at the inmost position, with a decreasing tendency according to the increase of towing speed in each cases. 2. The heel of the otter board always occured inwards, increasing slightly according to the increase of towing speed. 3. The tilt of the otter board always occured outwards, increasing slightly according to the move of the towing point inwards, and decreasing slightly according to the increase of towing speed. 4. The opening between otter boards showed the largest value when the towing point was set at the outmost position.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.26-34
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• 2015

The angle of attack of a cambered otter board in a bottom trawl was estimated using a three-dimensional semi-analytic treatment of a towing cable (warp) system that was applied to the field experiments of a bottom trawl obtained by the Scanmar system. The equilibrium condition of the horizontal component and vertical component of forces was used to the three forces acting on the otter board in the horizontal plane. Those forces were the force on the warp at the bracket, hydrodynamic lift and drag forces on the otter board and the force on the hand rope attached just behind the otter board. Also the equilibrium of moment about the front edge of the otter board was used to find out the angle of attack of the cambered otter board. When the warp length was 120m and 180m long and the towing speed was between 1.23 and 1.90 m/s, the estimated angle of attack of the cambered otter board was ranged between $26.1^{\circ}$ and $29.6^{\circ}$, respectively, though the maximum lift force was at the angle of attack $22.6^{\circ}$. The angle of attack of the otter board was tended to increase weakly with the longer length of warp (180 m) at the same towing speed in the experiment.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.525-528
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• 2013

River otter(Lutra lutra) are listed as endangered species and Natural monument in Korea, and this study examined the possibility of extinct of river otter in Hongchon river using with the application of Population Viability Analysis (PVA) technique. In Hongchon river areas population was estimated 9 individuals for the last 1999-2005 years and PVA analysis was done for the next 10 years using the average population of 9. Using the initial population the river otter was estimated 30% of extinct for the next 10 years. This estimation was quite low considering water pollution and construction of highways. Also PVA only used population size lacking in other life history information. Nonetheless river otter population can be in risk of extinction if the current construction of crossovers, cement bank are maintained. Long term information regarding life history needs essential.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.78-82
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• 1988

한국근해의 중층 트로올선에서 전개판의 수중중량을 경감시켜서 끌줄을 길게 주므로서 전개력을 향상시키기 위하여 스티로폴뜸을 전개판의 천정판에 고정시키고 끌줄 길이와 예망속력을 변화시켰을 때의 전개판의 깊이와 전개간격을 실측한 것을 분석.검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 전개판 깊이는 끌줄 길이가 100m이고 예망속력이 101~108m/sec인 범위에서 뜸이 있을 경우 41~25m, 뜸이 없을 경우 45~26m이고, 뜸줄 길이가 150m일 경우는 뜸이 있을 경우 68~44m, 뜸이 없을 경우 74~46m로서 뜸이 있을 경우가 없을 경우보다도 9~4% 정도 얕았다. 또 실측치는 어느 경우나 계산치보다도 15% 작았다. 2. 전개판의 전개간격은 끌줄 길이가 100m이고, 예망속력이 1.1~1.8m/sec인 범위에서는 뜸이 있을 경우 34~41m, 뜸이 없을 경우 30~38m이고, 끌줄 길이가 150m일 때는 뜸이 있을 경우 44~50m, 뜸이 없을 경우 37~46로서 있을 경우가 없을 경우보다도 끌줄 길이 100m에서 10%, 150m에서 15%정도 더 컸다. 또, 실측치는 계산치보다 항상 컸으며 계산치에 대한 실측치의 비는 끌줄 길이가 100m일 때 1.17~1.14, 150m일 때 1.17~1.09이었다. 3. 날개 끝 간격은 끌줄 길이 100m인 때 뜸이 있을 경우가 없을 경우보다 1m 정도 크고 유효망구면적으로는 10% 정도 크며, 끌줄 길이가 150m인 때는 그 차이가 2m로서 유효망구면적으로는 20% 정도 크다고 추정된다. 따라서 전개판에 뜸을 달아서 전개판의 수중중량을 일시적으로 가볍게 해 주는 것은 유효망구면적을 크게 하므로 어획성능향상에 상당히 도움이 될 것이 기대된다

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 1987

단순만곡형과 Super-V형 전개판의 성능을 비교하기 위하여 모형실험을 실시하였다. 모형전개판은 두께 1mm되는 철판으로써 제작하였으며, 단순만곡형은 만곡도 $12\%$, 평면투영면적 $432cm^2$되게, Super V형은 횡단면의 양곡도가 어디서나 $12\%$되고 평면 투영면적은 $436cm^2$되게 하였다. 실험은 측정의 결과, 단순만곡형은 최대 유교진행각도가 $25^{\circ}$이고, 그 때의 전개력계수는 1.47, 항력계수는 0.42이며, Super-V형은 그것이 각각 $20^{\circ},\;1.40,\;0.40$으로서 유체역학적성능은 단순만곡형이 다소 우수하다고 판단된다.