전라남도 여수시 가막만에 방류한 감성돔, Acanthopagrus schlegli 치어의 초기 먹이섭취 및 먹이조성 그리고 체성분 변화에 대해 1개월간 추적연구를 수행하였다. 방류 감성돔은 방류 후 1일째부터 먹이섭취가 이루어졌으며, 포식율은 조사기간 동안 80% 이상을 보였다. 먹이조성은 방류 후 15일째까지 낚시미끼와 가두리에서의 사료 유출물 등 인공먹이를 주로 섭취하였으나, 그 후 20일 이후부터 자연먹이로의 전환이 이루어졌다. 방류 후 5일 그리고 10일째의 A 정점(SA) 방류 감성돔의 전어체 조지방 함량이 방류전, B 정점(SB) 그리고 양식어(CUL)보다 낮은 값을 보였으며, 방류 30일째의 전어체의 n-3 HUFA 조성 및 필수아미노산 함량은 방류어에서 약간 높은 경향을 보였다. 본 연구 결과, 가막만에 방류된 감성돔은 빠른 먹이섭취가 이루어졌으며, 초기 먹이섭취 및 먹이조성은 어체성분 변화에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.
Artificially-produced juvenile black sea bream, Acanthopagrus schlegeli (total length $10.4{pm}1.1;cm$, body weight $18.7{pm}3.4;g$) were released into the Gamak Bay in Korea. And their initial feeding habits and body compositions were compared with those of cultured fish (CUL) for a period of one month after release. The released black sea bream commenced feeding on the 1st day after release, and predation rate was more than 80% during the sampling period. The stomach content of fish was composed of mainly fishing bait and krill in fish sampled on 15th days after release; however, its content changed to the natural organisms such as algae and small crustaceans when the fish was sampled on 20th days after release. Crude lipid content of carcass of fish in the sampling station A (SA) were lower than that of fish in the initial, sampling station B (SB) and CUL for the 5th and 10th days after release. Carcass n-3 HUFA composition, total amino acid and essential amino acid contents of released fish showed high trend compared to that of cultured fish in 30th days after release. The released fish have the ability to adjust their feeding habits and biochemical metabolism to the natural environment within a short period even though they showed preference to artificial feed in the early days after release.
