Analysis of 54 years of fishing information... Increase in subtropical and tropical fish species

The National Institute of Fisheries Science analyzed fishing information over the past 54 years and found a significant increase in the occurrence of subtropical and tropical fish species. The institute revealed on November 25 that it had databased (DB) information on recreational fishing from approximately 530 volumes (totaling 160,000 pages) of the "Monthly Fishing Spring and Autumn" published from 1971 to 2024, and analyzed the changes in fishing species. The institute analyzed the occurrence trends of fish species based on information on target species (time, number, length, occurrence frequency, etc.) and fishing locations (converted to latitude and longitude coordinates) included in the "Monthly Fishing Spring and Autumn." The habitat environments were categorized into four types: polar, temperate, subtropical, and tropical. The analysis results showed that the total number of fish species targeted for fishing over the past 54 years was 253, with the highest number of 96 ...