Gyeongnam Province release of 700,000 young sea cucumbers in South Korea

Published Oct 28, 2024

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The Gyeongnam Provincial Fisheries Research Institute in South Korea has released 300,000 young sea cucumbers into six fishing villages, with a plan to release an additional 400,000 in mid-December. These sea cucumbers, weighing around 1-3g, were raised for seven months and were previously purchased as fertilized eggs from the Najam fishery in Tongyeong. The institute has industrialized a technology for mass production of sea cucumber seeds, which was previously reliant on Chinese technicians, and produces about 600,000 healthy seeds annually. The release of sea cucumbers aims to improve water quality by consuming organic matter on the seabed.

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The Gyeongnam Provincial Fisheries Research Institute announced that it released 300,000 young sea cucumbers into six fishing villages in the province that received recommendations from three cities and counties on two occasions on the 15th and 16th. This first release event was held in the waters of Jangmok-myeon, Geoje-si and Samsan-myeon, Goseong-gun, and was attended by about 50 people including the Director of the Marine and Fisheries Bureau of Gyeongnam-do, Baek Su-myeong, Chairman of the Agriculture, Oceans and Fisheries Committee of the Gyeongnam Provincial Assembly, Assemblyman Jeon Gi-pung, and related officials and fishermen. The young sea cucumbers released this time came from fertilized eggs produced by purchasing mothers caught through a najam fishery in the waters of Tongyeong in April of this year. These sea cucumbers were raised for about 7 months after hatching and were judged to be healthy seeds through disease tests, and weighed about 1-3g. In addition, ...

Source: Fisheco