Gyeongnam Province focuses on restoring inland water ecosystems in South Korea

Gyeongnam Province is putting effort into restoring the inland water ecosystem. Gyeongnam Province announced on the 13th that 100,000 young salmon and 20,000 silverfish produced at the Gyeongnam Provincial Freshwater Fish Research Center were released into the Hwagaecheon area in Hwagae-myeon, Hadong-gun. The young salmon and silverfish released this time are healthy young fish raised from the fertilized egg stage last winter at the Gyeongnam Provincial Freshwater Fish Research Center. They were released after completing an infectious disease inspection at the Fishery Product Inspection Department of the Gyeongnam Provincial Fisheries Safety Technology Institute. Gyeongnam Province plans to sequentially release 200,000 salmon and 100,000 silverfish into seven cities and counties, including rivers and streams in the province, starting with Hwagaecheon in Hadong. Salmon is a fish that usually lives 3 to 5 years. It is a returning fish that hatches and grows in the river, then goes ...