The Relationship between Oceanographic Condition and Fishing Ground Distribution of Yellow Croaker in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea

동지나해, 황해의 참조기 어장분포와 해황과의 관계

The East China Sea and the Yellow Sea are abundant in nutritions because of river inflows and are important as the nursery and spawning grounds of demersal and pelagic fishes. The remarkable thermal front between the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water and the Tsushima Warm Current is formed in this region, and the fluctuation of this front may affect the variation of the yellow croaker fishing ground. To investigate the mechanism of the yellow croaker fishing ground, the distribution ana seasonal change of the fishing ground are examined by using catch of stow net fishery (Fisheries Research and Development Agency, 1970-1979) and the water temperature data (Japan Hydrographic Association, 1978). The main fishing ground of yellow croaker was nine sea areas (rectangle of 30' latitude by 30' longitude) located at 40-150 nautical miles west and southwest of Jeju Island, the area of which occupies no more than $11\%$ of all fishing grounds, and it appeared that about $70\%$ of total catch of ten years was concentrated in this area. The main fishing periods were from March to May and September to October. The coefficients of variation of the catch for the main fishing ground were from 0.8 to 2.1 and the condition of all fishing grounds was generally unstable. The mean CPUE was 27kg/haul at the main fishing ground, while it was the largest on boundary area of the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water. It was found that the seasonal movement of fishing ground is related to the expansion and reduction of the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water ($10^{\circ}C$).

동지나해,황해에 있어서 최근 10 개년간($1970\sim1979$) 안강망에 의한 참조기 어획통계자료로부터 어장의 평균분포와 해황과의 관계 및 계절만화를 제사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 참조기의 중요어장은 제주도 서-남서방 $40\sim150$마일 해역의 9개 해구이며, 이 어장에 있어서의 어획양 영동계수는 $0.8\sim2.1$로서 크나, 년 평균어획양의 약 $70\%$가 여기에 집중되고, 그 면적은 어획이 있었던 전어장면적의 겨우 $11\%$에 지나지 않으며, 또 CPUE의 평균(27kg/hau1)이 비교적 컸다. 참조기의 어획양과 CPUE는 비슷한 계절변화를 하며, 주어기는 춘추 양어기가 있으며, 춘계($13\sim5$월)쪽이 추절 ($9\sim10$월)쪽 보다 어획양 및 CPUE가 크다. 어업의 중심은 주년 제주도 서-북서방에 집중하고 있다. 어장의 분산은 동서방향보다 남북방향이 크며, $10^{\circ}C$등온선이 남하하면 작아지고, 북상할 때 커지는 경상을 나타내어 황해저층냉수의 지표인 $10^{\circ}C$ 등온선의 소장과 밀접한 관계가 있음을 보였다.