South Korea: Buan-gun releases sea cucumber seeds to increase the income of fishermen

Buan-gun announced on the 11th that it had released about 640,000 sea cucumber seeds in the area of four fishing villages within the jurisdiction as part of the 2022 EEZ shared water point and usage fee grant support project together with Jeonbuk Province. This day's release event was held with the desire for a prosperous sea with the participation of the county and the four fishing villages (Gyeokpo, Sikdo, Wangdeungdo, and Jinrio village), as well as local residents. The fishermen who attended the event shouted the slogan, “We protect our seas,” and pledged to protect aquatic resources such as overfishing of aquatic resources, prohibition of fish catch, and eradication of illegal fishing. Lee Ho-seong, head of the Oceans and Fisheries Division, said, “The situation is that fishery income is significantly decreasing due to changes in the environment of fishing grounds and a sharp decrease in aquatic resources such as overfishing and illegal fishing. ...