A Study on the Stock Assessment and Management Implications of the Hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus Linne in Korean Waters 1. Estimation of Population Ecological Characteristics of the Hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus Linne in Korean Waters

한국 연근해 갈치의 자원평가 및 관리방안 연구 1. 한국 연근해 갈치의 자원생태학적 특성치 추정

This study is to estimate population ecological parameters, including growth parameters, survival rates, instantaneous coefficients of natural and fishing mortalities, and age at first capture, as well as growth rates at age of the hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus Linne in Korean waters. For describing the growth of the hairtail, three growth models were fitted, and the von Bertalanffy growth model was adopted for the purpose of the further stock assessment work. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated from a nonlinear regression using EXCEL Solver were $L_\infty=46.01cm$, K=0.3868, and $t_0=-0.3220$. Annual survival rate (S) of the hairtail was estimated to be 0.277 (variance=0.00035) and the instantaneous coefficient of natural mortality (M) was estimated to be 0.441/year. Instantaneous coefficient of fishing mortality (F) for the recent years was calculated as 0.843/year, implying an impact from fishing about two times greater than that of natural mortality. The age at first capture $(t_c)$ was estimated to be 0.787 years, which is much younger age than $50\%$ mature age. Finally, the growth rates at age were estimated.

본 연구는 한국 연근해 갈치의 자원생태학적 특성치인 성장계수와 생잔율, 순간자연 및 어획사망계수, 어획개시연령 및 연령별 성장률을 추정하는 것이다. 갈치의 성장을 나타내는데는 세가지의 성장모델에 적합시켰으며, 이 중 차후의 자원평가연구를 목적으로 von Bertalanffy 성장식을 채택하였다. von Bertalanffy 성장계수는 EXCEL의 Solver를 사용하여 비선형회귀 방법에 의하여 다음과 같이 추정되었다. $L_\infty=46.01cm,\;K=0.3868,\;t_0=-0.3220$. 갈치의 연간생잔율 (S)은 0.277 (분산=0.00035)로 추정되었으며 순간자연사망 계수 (M)는 0.4411년으로 추정되었다. 근년의 순간어획사망계수 (F)는 0.843/년으로서 자연사망보다 어획에 의한 영향이 약 2배나 되고 있음을 암시하였다. 어획개시연령 $(t_c)$은 0.787세로 $50\%$ 성숙연령의다 훨씬 어린 연령이었다 마지막으로 갈치의 연령별 성장률이 추정되었다.