Gyeongbuk Freshwater Fish Research Center releases 650,000 young salmon

Gyeongbuk Province has started releasing young salmon to restore salmon resources, which are lower than usual due to rising water temperatures due to global warming. In relation to this, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Freshwater Fish Research Center announced on the 14th that a total of 650,000 young salmon were released into two rivers flowing into the east coast of Gyeongbuk Province, Uljin Wangpicheon and Yeongdeok Osipcheon. According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Freshwater Fish Research Center, the young salmon released this time were born from fertilized eggs from 272 mother salmon captured through a fixed fishing net installed in Wangpicheon, Uljin, over a period of 59 days from mid-October to mid-December last year. The explanation is that 650,000 eggs were hatched by stably rearing fertilized eggs from mother salmon using river water and groundwater. In addition, 650,000 young salmon were in healthy condition with an average length of 5.6cm and an average weight of 1.8g, and ...