J Kor Soc Fish Tech 45(2) 122 127 29 DOI:13796/KSFT29452122 Size selectivity of gill net for female snow crab Chionoecetes opilio Chang-Doo PARK* Heui-Chun AN 1 Sam-Kwang CHO Bong-Seong BAE 2 Hae-Hoon PARK 2 Jae-Hyun BAE 1 and Hyun-Young KIM Fisheries Resources Division West Sea Fisheries Institute NFRDI Incheon 4-42 Korea 1 Fisheries Engineering Division National Fisheries Research & Development Institute Busan 619-92 Korea 2 Fisheries Resources Division East Sea Fisheries Institute NFRDI Gangwon-do 21-861 Korea A series of fishing experiments was carried out in the eastern coastal waters of Korea from January 22 to March 23 using gill nets of different mesh sizes (m 18 21 24 27 and 3 mm) to determine the size selectivity of gill net for female snow crab Chionoecetes opilio The catch of experimental gears was mostly snow crab (97%) Chionoecetes opilio The maximum carapace length (RL) of each female snow crab caught in the fishing experiments was measured The master selection curve was estimated by applying the extended Kitahara s method The selection curve showed that the gill nets of larger mesh size allowed more female crabs of small carapace size to escape The optimum values of RL/m for 1 of retention probability was 563 and RL/m was estimated to be 249 29 319 344 and 367 when the retention probability were 1 2 3 4 and 5 respectively Key words : Chionoecetes opilio Snow crab Gill net Selectivity Selection curve Kitahara s method (Snow crab Chionoecetes opilio) 5 6m 5 (Miyake 1983; Lim 21) *Corresponding author: cdpark1@nfrdigokr Tel +82-32-745-57 Fax +82-32-745-569
( ) ( ) (Yamasaki 1994) (TAC ) (Yamasaki 1994; Xu and Millar 1993) (9cm ) ( 24mm 15mm ) 873% 116% (27 ) (Yamasaki 1994; Xu and Millar 1993; Conan and Comeau 1986) 15 4m (monofilament) 2 (1 3m) 8m 9 1m 1 1 15 3 1 ( ) 5 6 7 3 m(mm) 5 ( 18 21 24 27 3mm) d(mm) 4 (φ 331) 5 (φ 37) 6 (φ 45) 7 (φ 438) 8 (φ 468) 1 4 2 3 (793 ) 99 (633 ) 22 1 23 3 6 12 1 25 CW(mm) RL(mm) CL(mm) (chela) Ch(mm) 1mm (Park et al 23) (Jadamec et al 1999) ( ) CL RL (Park et al 23)
al(23) (BH 3959RL 62) Ishida (Ishida 1962) Holt (FAO 1992) Kitahara (Kitahara 1968) SELECT (Park et al 24 ; Millar and Walsh 1992) Master Curve Kitahara (Fujimori et al 1996; Cho et al 2; Park et al 23) 97% 2351 (567%) 1795 (433%) 8mm 15cm (chela) (Conan and Comeau 1986; Yamasaki 1994; Park et al 23) 8cm (Lim 21) (CW) 27 25 23 N 561 CW(mm) RL(mm) CL(mm) BH(mm) CW 1771RL 299 (R 2 9692) RL 8998CW 512 (R 2 9692) CL 9345RL 561 (R 2 9657) RL 1334CL 85 (R 2 9657) CL 8517CW 171 (R 2 962) CW 11274CL 52 (R 2 962) BH 629RL 1438 (R 2 8559) Park et In Ch(mm) 21 19 17 y 1539 22952 R 2 82112 15 38 4 42 44 46 ln CW 27 25 23 21 19 17 N 561 y 11138 25166 R 2 877 15 38 4 42 44 46 ln RL 55 67 81 99 mm Fig 1 Relationship between the carapace size and the chela height in the natural logarithm for the female snow crab CW : carapace width RL : maximum carapace length (rostral horn) Ch : chela height
3 2 (RL) (Ch) Fig 1 Mesh size : 18mm N 71 (Ch) (RL) 5mm Fig 2 45 1mm 6 9mm Fig 2 (Park et al 23) ( 45 155mm 6 115mm ) Catch number 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 Mesh size : 21m N 474 Mesh size : 24mm N 292 1 ( 42m) 11 1 c 18 21 24 27 3mm 161 18 66 47 25 (Fig 3) 3 2 1 3 2 1 Mesh size : 27mm N 28 Mesh size : 3mm N 111 475 575 675 775 875 975 Maximum carapace length RL(m) Fig 2 Maximum carapace length (RL) distributions of female snow crab caught in the experiment Catch number / net 2 16 12 8 4 c 25388exp( 151m) (R 2 9922) c 25388exp 151m R 2 9922 15 18 21 24 27 3 33 Mesh size m(mm) Fig 3 Relationship between the mesh size (m) and the catch number per unit net of female snow crab (c) caught in the experiment
Kitahara (Kitahara 1968) (3 ) Master Fig 4 S(R) S(RL/m) exp{(44121r 3 83965R 2 52591R 5) 5868} (Fig 4) RL/m 1 1 RL/m 563 (Cho et al 2: Park et al 24) (Bell Type) Sigmoid (Fig 4) 1 2 3 4 5 RL/m 249 29 319 344 367 Park et al(23) 24mm 5 85 88mm 1 132 135mm (Jeong et al 29) 23) (Fujimori et al 1996; Park et al Retention probability 14 12 1 8 6 4 2 RL(mm) 575 625 675 725 775 825 875 RL/m 563 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Maximum carapace length / Mesh size Fig 4 Master selection curve of gill net for female snow crab 18 21 24 27 3mm 5 22 1 23 3 CW RL BW 97% Kitahara
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