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The Morphological and Growth Characteristics of Two Strains of Fibrocapsa japonica Isolated from New Zealand and Japan

  • Cho Eun Seob;Rhodes Lesley L.;Kim Hak Gyoon
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 1999
  • The blooms caused by Fibrocapsa japonica have occurred regularly in New Zea1andean coastal waters, and no fish kills and economic impacts have been reported. However, Fibrocapsa japonica in Japan killed caged juvenile fish and has been regarded as a harmful micro algae. In this comparative study a New Zealand isolate was found to be morphologically similar to a Japanese isolate, although slightly larger on average than. Optimal temperatures for growth differed, with fastest growth rates occurring at $22-24^{\circ}C$ for the New Zealand strain and $16-22^{\circ}C$ for the Japanese strain, with a decrease in growth rate exhibited by the latter at $25^{\circ}C$. Both isolates had low salinity optima of 20-25 PSU, although they grew between 15 and 30 PSU. Growth declined significantly for both strains above 30 PSU.

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Optimum Size of a Reef Set in the Southern Water of Korea (한국 남해안의 1개 단위인공어초의 적정 규모)

  • Kim, Chang-Gil;Kim, Ho-Sang;Seo, Jang-Woo;Jung, Geum-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.193-194
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    • 2006
  • This study describes the optimum size of a reef set in Korean coastal waters. Data were analyzed in relation to the weight and variety of fish species caught with a three-layer gill net. The results did not indicate a significant difference in the mean catch and mean number of fish species among the three different reef sets, 800, 1,600 and 2400 $m^3$.

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Study on Native Local Foods in Andong Region (안동(安東)지역의 향토음식에 관한 고찰)

  • Yoon, Sook-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 1994
  • Northern Kyungbuk around Andong is a mountainous and more or less dry region geomorphogically. Since this area located in the valley was less invaded by foreign countries, the folk traditions have been maintained for a long time. Also as the center of Confucian culture, this region respects ceremonies and so, the simple and noble ceremonial-foods such as Ddok, Hankwas, and Buchiki have been firmly preserved in many distinguished families. And besides Andong-Soju, many traditional liquors produced in different methods can be found in this region. As Gogi-Sikhae(a fermented beverage utilizing rice and fish) is still preserved in eastern coastal area, Sosikhae(Sikhae without fish) is maintained in this region and furthermore the unique Andong Sikhae developed by modifying Sosikhae is being consumed currently. Since it is difficult to get fish here geographically, the soybean foods were developed for protein intake, for example, various fermented soybean pastes, Andong-Songuksu(a hand-made noodle using raw soybean flour), and Siragiguk(a vegetable soup).

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Fisheries Resources -A Brief Introduction of the Republic of Senegal

  • Mbengue, Modou
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.38-41
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    • 2008
  • Fish is a major source of protein for the Senegalese population. Fishing plays a dominant role in the Government's policy towards generating employment. It currently generates about 100,000 direct jobs (fishermen) for nationals, of which more than 90% are in small-scale fishing. The fishing industry also contributes to Government revenue through different agreements. In addition to associated dues, fishing agreements imply a series of economic, trade and technical counterparts. Under the latest fishing agreement concluded by Senegal and the European Union (1997-2001), direct financial compensation amounts to about CFAF 32 billion. Despite its economic and social importance, the sector has to face serious disequilibria both in resource exploitation and market supply: the coastal demersal (deep lying fish) stocks with high market value (mostly exported) are fully and even over-exploited, with a serious risk of local market supply shortages looming ahead as the fishing effort shifts from locally consumed species to export-oriented ones.

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Inference of Age Compositions in a Sample of Fish from Fish Length Data (개체군 체장자료를 이용한 연령조성 추정)

  • Kim, Kyuhan;Hyun, Saang-Yoon;Seo, Young Il
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.79-90
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    • 2018
  • Fish ages are critical information in fish stock assessments because they are required for age-structure models such as virtual population analysis and stochastic catch-at-age models, whose outputs include recruitment strengths, a spawning stock size (abundance or biomass), and the projection of a fish population size in future. However, most countries other than the developed countries have not identified ages of fish caught by fisheries or surveys in a consistent manner for a long time (e.g.,>20 years). Instead, data about fish body sizes (e.g., lengths) have been well available because of ease of measurement. To infer age compositions of fish in a target group using fish length data, we intended to improve the length frequency analysis (LFA), which Schnute and Fournier had introduced in 1980. Our study was different in two ways from the Schnute and Fournier's method. First we calculated not only point estimates of age compositions but also the uncertainty in those estimates. Second, we modified LFA based on the von Bertalanffy growth model (vB-based model) to allow both individual-to-individual and cohort-to-cohort variability in estimates of parameters in the vB-based model. For illustration, we used data about lengths of Korean mackerel Scomber japonicas caught by purse-seine fisheries from 2000-2016.

Analysis of Oxolinic Acid in Fish Products Using HPLC (HPLC를 이용한 어류 중의 Oxolinic Acid 분석)

  • LEE Hee Jung;LEE Tae Seek;SON Kwang Tae;KIM Poong Ho;JO Mi Ra;PARK Mi Jung;Yi Young Ho
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.379-384
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    • 2005
  • A high-performance liquid chromatography assay method for oxolinic acid in fish products was developed, evaluated and validated through the monitoring of oxolinic acid based on farming and distribution. The recovery rate of the developed method was $102.3-106.7\%$ as compared to conventional methods. The stock solution was stable for 3 weeks under refrigerated condition at $4^{\circ}C$ The performance limit was evaluated as 0.01ppm of oxolinic acid in fish muscle. 478 fish samples such as olive flounder, genuine porgy, common sea bass and black rock fish collected from fish farms in the coastal area from September 2001 to October 2004 were analyzed to evaluate overall efficiency of the modified method and to monitor the actual condition of oxolinic acid usage in fish farm. According to the monitoring results, the modified method was suitable for analysis of oxolinic acid in fish muscle and oxolinic acid might be used in a small portion of fish farms. The suggested analysis method of oxolinic acid was registered in the Korean Official Methods of Food Analysis and is being utilized for fishery products by the Korea Food and Drug Adminstration and the National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service.

The Revitalization of Deep-sea Fishery Through the Construction of Fish-Pier (원양어업 전용부두 개설 앞두고;-원양업 거듭나기 구상 -)

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    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.17-53
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    • 1993
  • Pusan is the largest fishing port in Korea, and deals with more than I million ton of fish catches annually, including catches of coastal and off-shore fisheries as well as those of deep-sea fishery. However, it hen had no fishing port facilities specialized fer deep-sea fishery since it started 30 years ago. Economic and physical losses resulting from this have teen enormous. Although fishing port facilities are a part of infra-structures built by Governments, the construction of them has been delayed due to financial difficulties of Central or local governments. To overcome this harsh situation to which deep-sea fishery cooperations faced, some cooperations have decided to construct fishing port facilities including fish-pier specialized for deep-sea fishery in Gamcheon port. The construction expenses of these facilities were financed by private funds to which they themselves jointly contributed. As a result, a fish-[pier, which has the capacity of serving one fishing vessel of 10, 000 ton or four of 5, 000 ton or four of 1, 000 ton at the same time, will be opened in here by 1994. The paper examines the master plan to revitalize the deep-sea fisheries industry in a deep depression with the opening of these physical facilities. The framwork of the plan is pursued in two different aspects, which are both hardware and software. In a hardware aspect, the plan in to develop Pusan into a city which is suitable for one of the best fishing ports in the world. That is, it is to develop the city into a place famous for sightseeing as well as the distribution and processing of fish-products centering around fish-piers. On the other hand, in a software aspet, it is regarding improvement of the distribution system of fish-products. One way to do that is to make up some deficiencies of the current system of a producers' joint sale. And the other is to establish an exchange of fish-products futures. Through these institutions, we could abrsorb speculative funds, which would otherwise be invested in speculation on fish-products, into productive investment opportunities, We believe that if the plan is realized, the deep-sea fishery in Korea will revive from a long-tasted depression and make progress to become one of the mai industries of Korea.

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Genetic positioning of Korean viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) from cultured and wild marine fishes

  • Kim, Wi-Sik;Jung, Sung-Ju;Kim, Jong-Oh;Kim, Du-Woon;Kim, Jeong-Ho;Oh, Myung-Joo
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2011
  • Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) is an epidemic virus in olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus farms in Korea, since the virus have first isolated in 2001. In the present study, partial glycoprotein (G) gene nucleotide sequences of seven Korean VHSV from cultured olive flounder and wild marine fishes in coastal areas of Korea were analyzed to evaluate their genetic relatedness to worldwide isolates. Phylogenetically, all Korean VHSV formed only one minor cluster including Japanese isolates, in genotype IVa, while the North America isolates formed a different minor cluster in genotype IVa. These results suggest that Korean VHSV could be an indigenous virus in Korean and Japanese coastal areas, but have not been introduced from North America.

Diet composition and feeding strategy of John Dory, Zeus faber, in the coastal waters of Korea

  • Kim, Han Ju;Kim, Hyeong-Gi;Oh, Chul-Woong
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.54-61
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    • 2020
  • Background: Most fish undergo prey switch from juvenile to adult. It is thought that slightly different feeding habits occur among adult fishes due to growth, spawning, habitat change, and so on. Therefore, the diet of the John Dory Zeus faber (≥ 24 cm TL) was studied in the coastal waters of Korea by analysis of stomach contents, with comparison by season and size class of diet composition and prey diversity. Monthly samples were taken from February 2017 to January 2018. Results: The results showed that the John Dory was a piscivorous predator, and pisces had occupied 82.3% of IRI%. Trichiurus lepturus and Trachurus japonicus were important preys in all size classes and seasons. Diet composition differed among the size classes and seasons (Chi-square test, P < 0.05). As body size of Z. faber increased, the occurrence of benthic fish (Glyptocephalus stelleri) tended to increase. The seasonal prey composition also changed depending on the abundant species of each season. Conclusions: Z. faber is a piscivorous predator. The consumption habits of Z. faber appear to different results by their size and seasons. This study suggests that Z. faber could be considered an opportunistic predator.

Feeding Habits of Daggertooth Pike Conger Muraenesox cinereus in the Coastal Water off Goseong, Korea (경남 고성 주변해역에서 출현하는 갯장어(Muraenesox cinereus)의 식성)

  • An, Young-Su;Park, Joo-Myun;Kim, Hyeon-Ji;Baeck, Gun-Wook
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.76-81
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    • 2012
  • The feeding habits of daggertooth pike conger Muraenesox cinereus were studied using 380 specimens collected in the coastal waters off Goseong, Korea, from June to September, 2011. The M. cinereus ranged from 10.0-23.7 cm in anal length (AL). M. cinereus is a piscivore that consumes mainly fish. Engraulis japonicus was the preferred prey, but its diet also included small numbers of crabs, shrimps, cephalopods, and bivalves. The feeding strategy graphical method revealed that M. cinereus is a specialized feeder with a narrow niche width. All size classes of M. cinereus consumed fish and M. cinereus did not show significant ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. The diet overlap index between size classes was >0.96, indicating high diet similarities. The prey size increased significantly with M. cinereus size.