Expanded Squid Spawning Grounds Created in Front of Ansan's Coastal Waters

Published 2025년 6월 2일

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To recover the sharply declining cuttlefish resources along the West Coast, the Korea Fisheries Resources Corporation's West Coast Headquarters is promoting spawning and habitat creation projects in the Ansan area. The West Coast Headquarters has installed 325,000 traditional fishing gear-style sorabang (sea snail spawning facilities) in the maritime areas of Tando, Bangeomeo-ri, Yukdo, and Pungdo in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do to increase cuttlefish resources. Additionally, in maritime areas with limited spawning spaces or potential conflicts with blue crab fishing, they completed the installation of 62 self-developed three-dimensional spawning structures (B-bottom layer, M-middle layer, S-surface layer) on May 18, as announced on May 28. Prior to this, the organization's effectiveness survey conducted last year showed

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To recover the sharply declining octopus resources along the West Coast, the Korea Fisheries Resources Corporation's West Coast Headquarters is promoting a spawning and habitat creation project in the Ansan area. The West Coast Headquarters installed 325,000 traditional fishing facilities called "sora-bang" (sea snail spawning structures) in the maritime areas of Tando, Bangeomeo-ri, Yukdo, and Pungdo in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province to increase octopus resources. Additionally, they completed the installation of 62 self-developed three-dimensional spawning structures (B-bottom, M-middle, S-surface) on May 18 in maritime areas with limited spawning spaces or potential conflicts with blue crab fishing, as announced on May 28. Prior project effectiveness surveys showed that the introduction rate of parent octopuses using traditional fishing gear (sora-bang) increased by 9.02 percentage points compared to the previous year, expanding 1.32 times. Fishing surveys using octopus fishing ...

Source: Fisheco