Catches characteristics between fishing area and non-fishing area in the shrimp beam trawl of Geoje waters, Korea

Experimental fishing was carried out to compare and analyze catch characteristics of shrimp beam trawl in a fishing area and a non-fishing area during the period of fishing season and off-fishing season in the coastal waters of Geoje.A commercial fishing boat (4.99 tons) was used for the test fishing.The amount of total catches were 14,654g in the fishing area and 12,359g in the non-fishing area, shrimp catches of non-fishing area were much greater than that of the fishing area during the period of off-fishing season (June and August).However, total catches were 27,670g in the fishing area and 33,004g in the non-fishing area, shrimp catches of fishing area were bigger than that of non-fishing area during the period of fishing season (October and December).On the results of the study, catches characteristics between fishing area and nonfishing area showed the reversed results for the period of fishing season and off-fishing season.