1. East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key and Open Laboratory of Marine and Estuarine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 200090 ,China; 2. Marine and Fisheries Bureau of Xiangshan, Ningbo 315700, China
Abstract: Fish behaviors as well as feeding, reproduction and respiration include other acts including evading predators, migration, clustering and are affected by some environmental factors such as tide and water temperature. This paper summarizes the main fish behavior research methods, and application in fishing as the future main developmental trend is based on the characteristics of different fishes and development of highly efficient energy - saving and environment- friendly fishing gears. Thereby, we can maintain the fishery resources in a sustainable utilization.