Hyeong-Il Shin

Safety countermeasures for the marine casualties of fishing vessels in Korea

Marine casualties of fishing vessels were analyzed to reduce the sacrifice of human life using data of the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal from 1995 to 2004 in Korea. The occurred number of fishing vessel casualties were likely to be higher portion than non-fishing vessels, but the occurring ratio of fishing vessel casualties were marked 2.96 times lower than that of non-fishing vessel casualties. The occurring ratios of bigger fishing vessel casualties were higher than smaller ones. Most marine casualties were resulted from the human factors such as poor watchkeeping, negligent action for engine and etc. The trend of marine casualties showed that the machinery damage hold the first and collision accidents took the second, but on a point of cause of them, operating errors took first and poor handling or inspection of machinery held the second place. Because those two casualties took major portion, and very important problems for safety of fishing vessels, so we ought to try to reduce the factors before everything else. In addition, since collision, sinking and capsizing in marine casualties have led to death, missing and injury of lives, it is necessary for navigation operators to take more educations and training intended to reduce the marine casualties systematically and continuously.

Fish length dependence of target strength for black rockfish, goldeye rockfish at 70kHz and 120kHz

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

Management of coastal and offshore fishing ground using wide-area network of AIS

In order to efficiently manage the coastal and offshore fishing ground, the applicability of real-time monitering was also investigated through a wide-area network of automatic identification system(AIS). The experiment of efficiently managing coastal and offshore fishing ground with a wide-area network of AIS required, on the headquarter`s screen, a synthetic display of vessel information transmitted from three different distant stations. This experiment tested the applicability of real-time monitoring with the shown display. The maximum range of detection of the first station in Busan was 24 nautical miles while those of the second and third stations in Yeosu and Jeju were 26 and 52 nautical miles, respectively.

Three dimensional visualization of seafloor topography for the application of integrated navigation system

The 3D visualization of seafloor topography(ST) was realized to discuss the effective use by the 3D visualization of ST on the integrated navigation system(INS) for fishing boat. The software was to actually display the 3D visualization of ST using triangular irregular network, helical hyperspatial codes and stereo projection. The INS for fishing boat which applied the 3D visualization of ST will be utilized for safety voyage and the effective fishing work on the fishing ground.

Trial manufacture of dual frequency acoustic pinger to minimize cetacean bycatch

Dual frequency acoustic pinger(AP) was manufactured to reduce study effect by long-term use of developed single frequency AP to prevent cetacean bycatch. Directivity characteristic of transducer was the omnidirectional pattern which showed less than the change range of sensitivity on the beam pattern of right and left. Source power level(SPL) was 1384311pa with epoxy window before casing however after casing 1170B11Pa at sea. Dual frequency Af was tested to identify the avoidance behavior of bottlenose dolphin by its working. However the efficiency of dual frequency AP about the study effect was verified experiment repeatedly using single and dual frequency AP.

Underwater Sound Characteristics of Gray Whale(Eschrichtius robustus)

The underwater sound of California gary whale was analyzed to discuss obtained results from the previous data to compare the underwater sound between Korean gray whale and California gray whale. The frequency of low frequency rumble which occupy about 50% of the underwater sound changed to max. 654Hz and the average of its lasted time was 570msec. The range of frequency variation was coincided as compared with the previous data. The range of frequency variation for the bubble type sounds and knocks was 241029Hz, respectively. The average of lasted time was 1100msec and 1364msec, respectively. The range of frequency variation and lasted time of bubble type sounds was higher than the previous result while the sound of knocks was coincided. The range of frequency variation for the sound of bong, pluses and chirps was 34213Hz, 75360Hz and 120200Hz, respectively and the average of lasted time was 84msec, 873msec and 80msec, respectively.

Trial manufacture of the underwater sound transmission system to measure the appearance frequency of cetacean at the fixed point

The underwater sound transmission system(USTS) was experimentally made to monitor the cetacean s appearance by telemetry, and then its system was tested to evaluate its performance from July to October, 2007 at the Kimnyeong berth and the dolphin s breeding ground of Pacific Land in Jeju island, respectively. The results showed that the sweep sound in the trial experiment and the whistle sound of bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus) were favorably received by telemetry. Therefore, we could confirm the USTS is able to monitor the cetacean s appearance in real time without direct observation at sea within effective range of code division multiple access(CDMA) communication method.

A Study on the Ship`s Heading Stabilization of GPS Compass Using Electromagnetic Compass

The study was results obtained from the trial make of the hybrid GPS-electromagnetic(EM) compass which overcome shortcoming of GPS compass and EM compass. The results were summarized as follows: GPS compass detected the stable ship`s heading at 0.1 intervals with the turning angular velocity of less than 25/sec in the experiment for the characteristics of turning angular velocity with stepmotor, but in case of over 25/sec the compass did not detect it. On the contrary, the EM compass always indicated the ship`s heading with no connection of the turning angular velocity, however the compass is low accuracy compared with GPS one owing to a compass error. The ship`s headings by the hybrid GPS-EM compass were displayed at fixed point and moving by car; if the GPS compass work the headings were displayed by GPS compass, if not, the heading is provided stably by adding or subtracting of a compass error to the heading of EM compass. Also, each ship`s heading was derived from not only the GPS compass but also the EM one by add or subtract of the compass errors, and then was worked covariance for the analogy. The results show that the ship`s heading of two compasses has been verified the similarity to 95% confidence level.

Comparison of the DGPS Positioning Accuracies for Single and Multiple Reference Stations in the South Coast of Korea

This paper describes the positioning accuracies for single and multiple reference stations at fixed stations in Yosu harbor and Pukyong National University in the south coast of Korea from Jan. to Oct. 2001. Also we observed the change of positioning accuracy during a day and the available range of the DGPS reference station. he results obtained are main summarized as follows; 1. With single DGPS reference station, 2drms and the average positioning .error were 5.6m, 7.3m respectively. Measurement positions indicated an incline toward one way away from the actual position. 2. With multiple DGPS reference stations, 2drms and the average position error were 5.5m, 3.2m for the arithmetic mean, respectively. They were 5.3m, 3.8m for the weighted average, respectively. As far as the separation between the user and the reference station, using multiple reference stations improved position accuracy more than using single reference station. 3. The average positioning error increased between 16: 00 and 22 : 00. The average number of observed satellite and HDOP were 7.1m, 0.49 respectively. 4. Coverage of DGPS reference stations in the south coast of Korea was estimated to be 110nm. Signal strength and signal to noise ratio was not available the DGPS signal below 19㏈, 8㏈ respectively.

Use of Geographical Parameters of Fish School in the Estimation of Fish School Abundance Using Scanning Sonar

The object of this study was to find out the probability of the abundance estimation by geographical parameters of fish school during the acoustic survey using scanning sonar. The acoustic survey was carried out in Funka Bay, off southern Hokkaido, Japan in December 1998. The 180-degree scanning sonar and the echo sounder were used simultaneously. The relationship was examined between geographical parameters (fish school area and volume) measured by sonar and area back scattering coefficient by the echo sounder. The obtained result showed positive correlation. Therefore, the use of geographical parameters of fish school is a useful method in estimating fish school abundance in the acoustic survey using sonar.