South Chungcheongnam-do Taean County Establishes Octopus Spawning Grounds in 7 Marine Areas

[Korea Farmers and Fishermen's Newspaper, Reporter Song Hae-chang] Taean County in South Chungcheong Province is moving forward with creating spawning grounds to recover squid resources. During the squid fishing ban period from this month until August 31, the county will install 233,340 spawning facilities across 7,520 hectares in seven sea areas including Deulni, Mageomp'o, Mongsan'po, Dohwang, Uihang, Padori, and Hagam'po. The county plans to complete the installation of spawning facilities this month, induce squid parent spawning, and focus on facility management until August. From 2020 to last year, the county has invested 2.637 billion won to install 3,448,080 spawning facilities in an effort to increase squid resources. A Taean County official said, "At the end of this year, the planned Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry's