South Korea: Domestic sea have dried up

High water temperatures devastate aquaculture farms Next year’s shipments, and even the mother abalones that produce seedlings, It will be difficult to find domestically produced abalones for the next 2-3 years With abalone farms devastated by high water temperatures, it is expected that it will be difficult to find domestically produced abalones for the next 2-3 years. This is because the extreme high water temperatures this summer have wiped out not only next year’s shipments, but also the mother abalones that can produce seedlings. Abalone farmers are worried about their future income, but they are also worried about whether they should give up abalone farming due to the high water temperature phenomenon. With the cumulative damage reported in the Gyeongnam region due to the high water temperature phenomenon this summer exceeding 33 billion won, it is understood that about 95% of abalones farmed on the southern coast, which accounts for 70% of the national production, have ...