South Korea: Jeollanam-do Institute of Oceans and Fisheries Science, full-fledged efforts to recover cockle resources

Plan to release 1 billion larvae to tidal flats for 10 years Jeollanam-do Institute of Oceans and Fisheries Science is putting all its efforts into the release of 1 billion artificially hatched larvae every year in the open land to recover the cockle, the representative fishery product of the Jeollanam-do region. According to the Jeollanam-do Institute of Oceans and Fisheries Science on the 7th, 1 billion healthy hatched larvae produced with its own technology were recently tested and released into the waters of Nampo fishing village, Yongsan-myeon, Jangheung, to recover the cockle resources. The production of cockle in South Jeolla Province peaked at 23,193 tons in 1970, and in the late 1990s, about 10,000 tons were exported to China, enjoying a booming aquaculture. However, production declined sharply from the early 2000s, and production fell sharply to 3,784 tons in 2010. After that, it was halved again to 1,604 tons in 2011, and decreased significantly to 244 tons in 2016. ...