Fish farming to reduce the stocking of flounder and rockfish fry

There is a sense that fishermen who farm flounder and rockfish are reducing stocking of fry this year. According to data from the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) Fisheries Observation Center, sales of flatfish fry in April this year were 7.81 million, which was 8.8% and 29.4% lower than the same month last year and the average year, respectively. In particular, cumulative fry sales from January to April this year amounted to 15.41 million, a decrease of 26.4% compared to last year (20.94 million) and a decrease of 25.9% compared to the average year. The center predicted that sales would decline in May, when most fry stocking is completed. The center said, “The reason why sales of flounder fry has decreased is because the number of flounder fish farms has switched to river bridge farming,” adding, “It appears that there will not be much demand for flatfish fry even in adult fish farms due to the production of river bridges.” The situation is the same with rockfish. According to ...