• Journal of Life Science
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.395-402
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• 2008

Level of microbial contamination was examined in four fish farms of Jeju east coast for sanitary indication of bacterial contamination such as heterotrophic bacteria, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and total coliforms. The samples were collected and investigated from June to October in 2007. Bacterial species of S. aureus, B. cereus and Salmonella spp. were frequently detected from the seawater of above fish farms. Salmonella spp., S. aureus, B. cereus were detected in the range of $0{\sim}4.3{\times}l0^3,\;0{\sim}2.7{\times}l0^4,\;0{\sim}7.6{\times}l0^3$ CFU/ml, respectively, from the fish feed used in all four selected farms. Additionally, Salmonella spp., S. aureus, B. cereus were detected in oliver flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) of these farms, however total coliforms and E. coli O157:H7 were not detected during our experimental period. For the production of microbiologically safe and healthy oliver flounder, proper quality control of feed, sanitation programs, and continuous monitoring of microorganism are essential practices, which required to include in the farm management system.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.86-98
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• 2010

As the quality of life is being upgraded, the public complaints about noise and vibration from construction sites are growing. Despite the disputes over the blasting damage on aquatic lives in river, ocean, and aquarium near construction sites tend to increase, most of existing solutions or regulations on the damages caused by blasting are established for the damages on land. Although the estimated amount of damage is up to several millions of USD, there is no guideline for resolving the dispute related to the underwater vibration. This paper presents an example where the public grievance about the underwater noise was successfully resolved by elucidating the characteristics of underwater sound, deducing the correlations between ground vibration and underwater sound during blast, and predicting the underwater sound level during blasting from the ground vibration measured on the ground near an aquarium basin.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.167-176
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• 2020

The automated fish feed system currently used in Korea supplies a certain amounts of feed to water tanks at a certain time. This automated system can reduce the labor cost of managing aqua farms, but it is very difficult to control intelligently and appropriately the amount of expensive feed that is critical to aqua farm productivity. In this paper, we propose the FIIFF Inference Model( Fuzzy Inference-based Intelligent Fish Feeding Model) that can solves the problems of these existing automatic fish feeding devices and maximizes the efficiency of feed supply while properly maintaining the growth rate of fish in aqua farms. The proposed FIIFF inference model has the advantage of being able to control feed amounts appropriately since it computes the amount of feed using the current water environments and fish activity state of the aqua farms. The result of the feed amount yield experiment with the proposed FIIFF Inference Model represents the effect of saving 14.8% over the eight months of actual feed amount in the aqua farm.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.5 no.9
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• pp.247-260
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• 2016

Sensor networks have been used in many applications such as smart home, smart factory, etc. based on sensor data. Sensor networks can change system requirements and architectures depending on their application areas. Currently, sensor network application cases in ocean environments are very rare because the ocean environments have much difficult accessibility more poor conditions, higher wave heights, more frogs, much heavier salinity, etc., compared with ground environments. In this paper, we propose the requirements, architecture and design of a sensor network system for the littoral sea cage culture monitoring and we also introduce its operation results through the development. The developed system based on our research provides users with functionalities to extract, monitor, and manage underwater environmental conditions suitable to littoral sea cage culturing of fishes.

• Journal of Marine Life Science
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.56-61
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• 2017

This study examined the environmental characteristics of shore pollution sources in the southern part of the Sinan, Jangsando area in the West Coast of Korea. A shoreline survey of the watershed was conducted to identify the pollution sources and measure the water discharge rate and microbial hygiene of water and finally estimate the possible impact area of pollution. Forty five of pollution sources in total were identified and they were grouped into sewage (33), agriculture waste water (1) and waste water from inland fish farm (11). Nine among them were discharged into the seawater and discharge volume was 72,857~281,250 l/min. Fecal coliforms of St. 72 (sewage) and St. 74 (shrimp farm) were 490 MPN/100 ml and 49 MPN/100 ml and the impact zones of the pollution were 4,389 m and 1,900 m respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.109-110
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• 2003

우리 국민들은 살아서 펄떡펄떡 뛰는 활어를 조리사가 소비자가 보는 앞에서 바로 회로 처리한 것을 가장 선호하고 있으므로 양식장에서 살아 있는 상태로 활어를 수송하고 있다. 그렇지만 현재의 활어수송 방법은 활어를 운반하기 위하여 많은 량의 해수를 함께 싣고서 수송하고 있으므로 필요 없는 대량의 물을 나르게 되어 수송경비가 증가된다. 또한, 횟집에서는 활어수조 등의 시설비가 들어가며 횟집에서는 수조를 자주 청소해야 하는 단점이 있을 뿐만 아니라 수조관리를 잘못하게 되면 활어가 죽기도 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.281-282
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• 2001

미세조류의 배양은 천해양식 생물의 종묘생산 시 먹이생물로서 가장 중요한 요인이 된다. 종묘생산은 친어(brood stock)의 관리와 산란된 난에서 부화된 자ㆍ치어의 사육으로 구분할수 있다. 이때 자ㆍ치어 사육의 근본적인 과제는 적합한 먹이생물의 확보이며 이는 곧 미세조류의 대량배양이라 할 수 있다. 먹이생물이 확보되지 못한 생태에서는 자ㆍ치어 사육은 불가능하므로 천해양식산업에서 미세조류의 배양은 가장 중요한 근본과제이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.35-36
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• 2001

해양의 유기물 합성의 95%를 담당하는 식물프랑크톤은 해양 먹이연쇄의 1차 생산자로서 이들을 여과 섭식하는 이매패류는 식물프랑크톤의 분포나 양에 따라 그 생산이 좌우된다. 그러나 이 식물프랑크톤의 분포는 동일한 해역이라도 영양염류, 수온, 태양광선의 세기와 해수면에 입사된 광선이 해수 중에서 소멸되는 정도 등에 따라 생선속도가 달라지므로 동일해역에서도 분포의 변이가 매우 심하다. 기초생산력의 차이는 굴 성육에 관계되므로 여과섭식성 이매패류 양식장의 생산성 평가의 기초자료로 이용되고 있다(배 등, 1978; 이 등, 1991). 이 연구는 북만의 기초생산력을 조사하여, 다른 해역과 비교하고 먹이생물의 생산능력에 의한 굴양식장 수용력을 검토하는 자료로 제공하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.694-704
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• 2016

Various infectious and parasitic diseases are known to be the main factors that cause decline in the global amphibian population. In Korea, commercial frog farms have been running since 2005. However, until now, studies on diseases including studies on parasitic diseases that occur in farm frogs have not been conducted. In this study, we studied and compared the acanthocephalan infection rates and the number of parasites in the body cavity, stomach, and small and large intestines of the Dybowskii's brown frogs collected from inside and outside the frog farms in Inje, Goesan, Gongju and Boryeong. In addition, we classified the acanthocephalan parasites into genera by analyzing their nuclear 18S rRNA genes. On an average, 51.7% of the investigated frogs were infected by acanthocephalans, which belong to the Centrorhynchus genus. The infection rate of the frogs collected in the Inje farm was 15%, significantly lower than those from the Goesan, Gongju and Boryeong farms. The rate in Goesan was 55%, which is lower than Gongju (80%) and Boryeong (90%) although it is not statistically significant. No difference was found in the infection rate and in the number of parasites in male and female frogs and between the groups collected from inside and outside of the farms. The number of infected parasites negatively correlated with the body condition of the frogs. The most parasites were found in the stomach followed by the small and large intestines and the body cavity. This study is the first report on the Centrorhynchus acanthocephalan infection of amphibians in Korea and it suggests the necessity for acanthocephalan parasite management and for conducting further disease-related studies in commercial frog farms.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.104-115
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• 2014

Abundance and composition of marine debris on 13 beaches of Tongyeong City, South Korea were surveyed in 2013 Autumn. The average quantity of macro debris (>25 mm) was about 30 particle/$m^2$ and that of micro debris (1 mm-25 mm) was about 26,971 particle/$m^2$. This is a very high level compared with other areas of South Korea and the other countries. Among the 7 material types of debris (styrofoam, hard plastic, fiber, metal, glass, wood and others), styrofoam composed a large portion: 75% of macro debris and 98% of micro debris. And among the 'whole' styrofoam debris items whose original volume is remained more than 50%, styrofoam buoy debris composed 93%. This result suggests that the beaches surveyed are seriously contaminated by marine debris, and most of its sources are aquaculture styrofoam buoys. Management of styrofoam buoy debris used for oyster aquaculture in Tongyeong City is important not only for Tongyeong city, but also for other areas, because Tongyeong city hosts the biggest number of oyster aquaculture areas in South Korea.