Gangwon-do releases 1.32 million northern clams and clams for free

Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province's Seafood Resource Center released 800,000 northern clams and 520,000 improved clams free of charge from the 2nd to the 5th. The northern clams and improved clams released this time are high-quality seeds of 1cm or more in length, raised for 6 months by securing larvae caught on the East Coast since May of this year and feeding them with microalgae cultured directly by the center. The releases were carried out in fishing grounds of 8 fishing villages in 6 cities and counties on the East Coast. Northern clams are large cold-water shellfish that only live on the East Coast, while improved clams are shellfish distributed throughout Korea, including the East Sea, West Sea, and South Sea. Shellfish have been the main source of income for fishermen using net fishing, but as the stock has decreased, there is an urgent need to release larvae through artificial seed production. In this regard, the Hanhae Fisheries Resource Center has released over ...