Oyster farming attaching organisms to shells...Development of technology to reduce overproduction.

A technology has been developed that reduces the fouling organisms attached to oyster shells by up to 63.7% compared to before. The National Institute of Fisheries Science's South Sea Fisheries Research Institute revealed on the 30th that this result was achieved by placing oyster shells in a dedicated cage made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material and installing it in the cage at a water depth of 50 cm or less. This fouling reduction device was developed by using discarded oyster shells as a substrate for fouling organism larvae. According to the institute, most abalone farming in our country is done using the offshore cage method, which results in lower product quality due to fouling organisms, and the additional cost for removing these organisms is estimated to reach 86 billion won annually. Based on this pilot study, it is expected that the time required to remove fouling organisms will decrease by 50.2% compared to before, resulting in a cost reduction effect of 25.8 ...