Strong High-Temperature Tolerant Flatfish Seed, First Distribution in Wando

Published 2025년 7월 7일

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The Jeollanam-do Marine Fisheries Science Institute recently announced that it has distributed 100,000 mullet fingerlings to fish farms in the Wando sea area for the first time, in response to frequent fish mortality and reduced productivity due to high water temperatures caused by climate change. Since 2015, when the Yeongkwang Branch (West Sea Specialty Experimental Station) first successfully mass-produced 300,000 artificial mullet fingerlings, various sea cage farming techniques have been studied to achieve quality close to wild fish, including body shape, coloration, sales size, and appropriate harvest timing. Mullet farming has been successfully conducted in areas such as Dolsan and Geomundo in Yeosu, and the Nokdong sea area in Goheung.

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The Jeollanam-do Marine and Fisheries Science Institute recently announced that it has distributed 100,000 mullet fingerlings resistant to high water temperatures to sea cage farms in the Wando area for the first time, in response to frequent fish mortality and reduced productivity due to high water temperatures caused by climate change. Since successfully mass-producing 300,000 artificial mullet fingerlings in 2015 at the Yeongkwang Branch (West Coast Special Species Experimental Station), various sea cage farming technologies have been researched to achieve quality close to wild-caught fish, including body shape, coloration, sales size, and optimal harvest timing. Mullet farming has been successfully conducted in areas such as Dolsan and Geomundo in Yeosu, and Nokdong in Goheung. The initial auction price for mullet was 6,500 won per kg in 2022 for an average size of 350g, but increased to 18,000 won per kg in 2024, a 177% rise. Particularly, fish farmers in the Yeosu area ...

Source: Fisheco