The use of fyke nets as a quantitative capture technique for freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.) in rivers

Abstract  Fyke netting is a convenient and effective technique for capturing freshwater eels, and catch-per-unit-effort is usually assumed to be an index of eel abundance. The present study investigated the potential of depletion fishing using baited fyke nets to obtain population estimates of longfin eels Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, in a river in the South Island of New Zealand. The probability of capture (capture efficiency) of a single night's fishing increased with increasing size of eel, and ranged from 0.2 to 0.9 for eels <400 mm, to 0.7–0.9 for eels ≥500 mm. The capture efficiency of baited vs unbaited nets was assessed in a small stream that was electric fished after netting trials were completed. Baited nets proved to be an effective method of assessing abundance of longfin eels (>400 mm) but not shortfins ( A. australis Richardson); capture efficiency of the population of longfins (the sum of fyke caught and electric fished eels) was 0.4 for a single night's fyke netting, increasing to 0.8 over four nights. Comparable efficiencies for shortfins were <0.1 and 0.3 respectively. Unbaited nets were markedly less efficient for both species.     

On the relationship between the Oyashio front and saury fishing grounds in the north-western Pacific: a forecasting method for fishing ground locations

The relationships between fishing ground locations of Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) and the two Oyashio fronts, the offshore front between 146^oE and 155^oE and the coastal Oyashio intrusion, before the saury fishing season, were examined using data from 1971 to 1991. Interannual geographical shifts of both the offshore Oyashio front and saury fishing grounds had a dominant interdecadal fluctuation. In years when the offshore front shifted north (south), the fishing grounds were formed relatively nearshore (offshore). When the offshore front shifted north, the fishing grounds were formed further nearshore in years the coastal Oyashio intrusion extended south. When the offshore front shifted south, on the other hand, the southward extension of the coastal intrusion did not necessarily cause formation of coastal fishing grounds. These results showed that locations of the fishing grounds depend not only on local and instantaneous oceanographic environments around the fishing grounds, but also on oceanographic conditions over an extensive range of the Oyashio area. This might indicate that the ecology of the saury's northward migration, through mixed water regions between the Kuroshio and Oyashio fronts in spring and summer, has a close relation to the shift of the offshore Oyashio front over a time range of months. A practical forecasting method for locations of saury fishing grounds is proposed based on the oceanography before the fishing season.     

皱纹盘鲍浅海养殖技术探讨

从北方引进皱纹盘鲍子一代杂交种苗,在罗源湾岗屿周边海域养殖,经过2年的试养取得可喜结果,解决了现有盘鲍种质严重退化的棘手问题,改善了鲍的种质。     

闽东北外海渔场银方头鱼渔业生物学初步研究

闽东北外海底层流刺网作业渔获的银头鱼群体由1～6龄11个世代构成,以2、3和4龄占优势;体长优势组为210～270mm,体重优势组为200～400g,体长与体重的关系W=2.1120×10~(-5)×L~(2.9964)r=0.9970。初次性成熟年龄为2～3龄,最小性成熟个体体长为190mm,在4～8月均有产卵活动;按von Bertalanffy方程拟合生长参数:L_(∝)=436.21mm,W_(∝)=1715.05g,k=0.2357,t_0=-0.9542,体重生长拐点年龄为3.702龄。     

玛曲渔场几种裂腹鱼类脑的形态结构与真食性的相互关系

本文对极边扁咽齿鱼,黄河裸裂尻鱼、花斑裸鲤和厚唇重唇鱼进行了食性分析和脑的形态结构观察,并对脑结构和食性的关系作了初步探讨。认为这四种鱼类属于底层味觉食性鱼类,其中极边扁咽齿鱼和黄河裸裂尻鱼主要靠口腔、腭部味蕾觅食泥土和藻类,迷叶发达;厚唇重唇鱼主要靠触须寻找甲壳类为主的水底昆虫,面叶和小脑发达;花斑裸鲤的脑结构特征与其杂食性相适应。     

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the north-western Adriatic Sea: Spatial distribution and effects of trawling

1. Many species and populations of odontocetes have modified their behaviour to take advantage of feeding opportunities provided by fishing activities, with depredation of fishing gear being the most common type of adaptation.
2. The northern Adriatic Sea has been identified as an important marine mammal area because of a regular occurrence of common bottlenose dolphins. Boat surveys were conducted within a 3,000 km² sector of the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Veneto, Italy, between April and October 2018–2019. Based on 76 days at sea, 10,711 km of navigation, and 81 h 26 min of dolphin tracking, this study contributes novel quantitative information on dolphin spatial distribution, and on their occurrence in the wake of beam trawlers, otter trawlers, and midwater pair trawlers.
3. A combined generalized additive model and generalized estimation equation framework indicated that trawling—along with other physiographic, biological and anthropogenic variables—influenced dolphin distribution. In days of trawling, the chance of encountering dolphins increased by ~4.5 times (95% confidence interval 1.8–11.0) near active beam trawlers, by ~16.0 times (7.1–36.0) near otter trawlers, and by ~28.9 times (12.0–69.6) near midwater pair trawlers.
4. Spatial modelling was used to create maps of predicted distribution, suggesting differences in habitat use between trawling and no-trawling days. Spatial modelling for all days identified a dolphin distribution hotspot of 832 km², situated off the Po river delta.
5. Evidence contributed by this study can be used to inform management action within one of the world's areas most heavily impacted by fishing and other human encroachment. Such management action would help enforce the European Union's Habitats Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive, while also informing EU's Maritime Spatial Planning.

     

采用改进SSD网络的海参目标检测算法

随着海参养殖业快速发展,利用水下机器人代替人工作业的海参智能捕捞已成为发展趋势。浅海环境复杂,海参体色与环境区分性差、海参呈现半遮蔽状态等原因,导致目标识别准确率低下。此外由于景深运动,远端海参作为小目标常常未被识别成功。为解决上述问题,该研究提出一种基于改进SSD网络的海参目标检测算法。首先通过RFB（Receptive Field Block）模块扩大浅层特征感受野,利用膨胀卷积对特征图进行下采样,增加海参细节、位置等信息,并结合注意力机制,对不同深度特征进行强化,将计算得出的权重与原特征信息相乘以此获得特征图,使结果包含最具代表性的特征,也抑制无关特征。最后实现特征图融合,进一步提升水下海参的识别精度。以实际拍摄的视频进行测试验证,在网络结构层面上,对传统算法进行改进。试验结果表明,基于改进的SSD网络的海参目标检测算法的平均精度均值为95.63%,检测帧速为10.70帧/s,相较于传统的SSD算法,在平均精度均值提高3.85个百分点的同时检测帧速仅减少2.8帧/s。与Faster R-CNN算法和YOLOv4算法进行对比试验,该研究算法在平均精度均值指标上,分别比YOLOv4、Faster R-CNN算法提高4.19个百分点、1.74个百分点。在检测速度方面,该研究算法较YOLOv4、Faster R-CNN算法分别低4.6帧/s、高3.95帧/s,试验结果表明,综合考虑准确率与运行速度,改进后的SSD算法较适合进行海参智能捕捞任务。研究结果为海参智能捕捞提供参考。     

环境友好型虾夷扇贝捕捞网具优化设计与试验

目前中国虾夷扇贝网具存在捕捞效果差、海底生境影响严重等问题,该研究基于水下视频监控技术,设计了水压板导流与随动式惊扰相结合的拖曳网架结构。采用FLUENT软件对改造后捕捞网具的水下拖曳水动力特性进行分析得出,在拖曳水深在30~50 m、拖曳速度为1.8 m/s、网口高度为350 mm时,采用22.5°～30°负迎角弧式水压板,可减轻顶部湍流对底栖鱼类的兼捕影响,且随动式惊扰装置满足作业要求,此时拖曳稳定绳长约为156.80～261.34 m、稳定角度为11.03°、稳定拖曳力为2275.83 N。通过海上捕捞对比试验得出,在拖曳速度为1.5、1.8和2.0 m/s时,改造后捕捞网具与生产用捕捞网具在捕捞量方面无显著差异（P>0.5）,在碎贝量和底栖鱼类兼捕量方面显著降低（P<0.5）。单网平均捕捞量的偏差率分别为6.30%、0.59%和5.55%,单网平均碎贝量的偏差率分别为90.63%、84.78%、85.29%,单网底栖鱼类平均兼捕量的偏差率分别为78.57%、81.25%、84.85%。且在拖曳速度为1.8 m/s时,与生产用网具相比,单网平均捕捞量偏差率最低,单网平均碎贝量的偏差率最低,底栖鱼类平均兼捕量显著减少,符合环境友好型捕捞网具设计要求。     

淡水电捕鱼工具性能研究与作用半径评估

[目的]了解我国电捕鱼工具使用现状,为国家制订渔业资源保护政策与导向提供科学依据.[方法]采用实地收集鱼具,测定电捕鱼工具可击昏鱼的作用范围、输出电压、波形,分析该类工具在性能上的演变,评价电捕鱼工具对水生资源的影响.[结果]现有电捕鱼工具以脉冲输出为主,直流输出为辅,没有收集到交流输出样品.现有电捕鱼工具的平均输出电压是1975年的1.6倍、1959年的3.0倍,平均击昏作用距离是是1975年的1.3倍,1959年的1.7倍;个别工具的输出电压达到1975年的4.3倍,1959年的8.0倍;可击昏作用半径达到1975年的2.3倍及1959年的2.9倍.研究结果还表明现有的电捕鱼工具通过提升输出电压、改为脉冲输出等方法,提升捕鱼效率、扩大作业范围,会引发鱼等水生生物资源的加速消亡.[结论]该试验分析方法及作用半径的评估方法,可用于电捕鱼工具对水生资源影响的评估,有利于推进我国农牧水产行业的可持续健康发展.     

闽南、台湾浅滩渔场灯光围网渔业状况分析

根据福建省1987～2003年闽南、台湾浅滩渔场(116°00′～119°30′E,22°00′～24°30′N)灯光围网作业生产统计数据和资源监测资料,分析研究了福建省在该渔场灯光围网作业状况、发展演变和资源利用现状。结果表明:由于单拖作业和流刺网作业的发展,灯光围网作业持续萎缩,在海洋渔业中的地位不断下降;渔船大型化,渔场向深水推进,灯源配置及集鱼并灯技术取得重大突破;主要渔获物中蓝圆鲹占绝对优势,鲐鱼所占比例有上升的趋势,金色小沙丁鱼年间波动明显,颌圆鲹则快速减少,竹鱼近年来产量快速增长。文章还提出改进和提高灯光围网作业捕捞技术和自身竞争力,合理引导部分疏目快拖作业参与中上层鱼类资源的开发利用等优化海区捕捞作业结构、合理开发利用海区渔业资源的管理建议。