摘要

The turbulence flow inside the codend and tilt of the codend in a shrimp beam trawl was measured with a Nortek Vector and the towline tension during five fishing operations; data collected for turbulence intensity with codend tilt was analysed under towing speeds. The turbulence intensity at a point in the posterior upper part of the codend ranged from 5 to 40% and decreased significantly by mean flow velocity (0.1-0.9 m s(-1)) inside the codend. Simultaneously, the shorter periods of the turbulence flow in the towing or perpendicular direction were located between 2 and 8 s by the FFT method and the Morlet wavelet method. Pitch and roll of the codend also varied each other within S.D %26lt; +/- 6 degrees and their shorter period was shown mostly as 3 s around. However, turbulence flow velocities inside the codend were not related to tilt changes or towline tension, which increased significantly with towing speed. As a result, turbulence intensity and periodicity in the codend could affect the manoeuvring of fish swimming and the application of active stimulating devices.

  • 出版日期2012-10-15