Abstract

Black rockfish and goldeye rockfish are commercially important fish species due to the increasing demand in Korea. When estimating the abundance of stocks for these species acoustically, it is of crucial importance to know the target strength(TS) to length dependence. In relation to these needs, TS measurement was conducted on black rockfish and goldeye rockfish in an acrylic salt water tank using 70kHz and 120kHz split beam echo sounders. The TS for these two species under the controlled condition was simultaneously measured with the swimming movement by DVR system and analyzed as a function of fish length(L). The results obtained are summarized as follows: The best fit regression of TS on fish length of black rockfish was TS=19.38 Log(L, cm)-70.46 (<TEX>$r^2=0.71$</TEX>) at 70kHz and TS=22.39 Log(L, cm)-70.40 (<TEX>$r^2=0.64$</TEX>) at 120kHz and in the standard form TS=20 Log(L, cm)-71.29 (<TEX>$r^2 = 0.70$</TEX>) at 70kHz and TS=20 Log(L, cm)-66.88 (<TEX>$r^2=0.57$</TEX>) at 120kHz. The best fit regression of TS on fish length of goldeye rockfish was TS=17.10 Log(L, cm)-68.28 (<TEX>$r^2=0.37$</TEX>) at 70kHz and TS=24.39 Log(L, cm)-73.74 (<TEX>$r^2=0.59$</TEX>) at 120kHz and in the standard form TS=20 Log(L, cm)-72.03 (<TEX>$r^2=0.32$</TEX>) at 70kHz and TS=20 Log(L, cm)-67.68 (<TEX>$r^2=0.64$</TEX>) at 120kHz. An empirical model for fish TS(dB) averaged over the dorsal aspect of 115 fishes of black rockfish and goldeye rockfish and which spans the fish length(L, m) to wavelength(<TEX>$\lambda$</TEX>, m) ratio between 8 and 30 was derived : TS=34.12 Log(L)-14.12 Log(<TEX>$\lambda$</TEX>)-23.83, (<TEX>$r^2=0.90$</TEX>).

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call