2013 annual report of bottom trawl conducted by the training ship Kagoshima-maru in the East China Sea

This report represents a summary of bottom trawling conducted by the Training Ship Kagoshima-maru (66.92 m, 1284 t), Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, in the East China Sea during 2013 academic year (April, 2013 - March, 2014). Bottom trawling is a main content of trainings provided onboard the Training Ship Kagoshima-maru. The students participated in training voyages have an experience of bottom trawl fishing, and they can also perform broad range of practices utilizing the trawl catch as well (ex. freshness assessment, analysis of size distributions). The results of 12 tows presented here include fishing log (position, towing course and speed, water depth, net geometry, weather and sea state) and weight and number of captured organisms.