South Korea: Gyeongnam Province sold 2,000 units of premium Pacific oysters

From seedlings provided by the Oyster Fisheries Cooperative. Producing fertilized eggs and planting artificial seeds Difficulty securing genetic diversity Expected to help the Pacific oyster farming industry Gyeongnam Provincial Fisheries Resources Research Institute announced that it had recently sold 2,000 rows of Pacific oyster seedlings (approximately 3.6 million shellfish) to the Oyster Stew Cooperative to prevent genetic deterioration of mother clams in Gyeongnam waters and to stabilize natural seedlings. . For the seedlings sold this time, high-quality seedlings provided by the Oyster Fisheries Cooperative were used. It was made by seeding artificial seeds produced from fertilized eggs obtained after inducing egg laying last month through the research institute's induction of sexual maturation and breeding management of the seedlings. Currently, in Gyeongnam, oysters are the most important cultured variety, accounting for more than 80% of domestic production (310,000 tons). ...