Jeonnam Province releases 200,000 of cockles in Jangheung, South Korea

Published 2024년 7월 1일

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The Jeonnam Provincial Institute of Marine and Fisheries Science has launched a restoration project for the rapidly declining cockle and cuttlefish populations in Jeollanam-do, France, due to overfishing and climate change. The project involves releasing 200,000 young cockles into Jangheung waters using drones and producing 600,000 healthy cockle seeds for a monitoring study. Additionally, 20,000 young cuttlefish have been released into the waters around Yongho Port in Gogun-myeon, Jindo-gun, as part of a similar initiative. The institute has also released 10,000 fish into Yeonggwang's Anma Island waters and 20,000 fish into Shinan's waters.

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The Jeonnam Provincial Institute of Marine and Fisheries Science announced that it had recently released young cockles and cuttlefish to restore fisheries resources and increase fishermen's income. The Jangheung Branch of the Jeonnam Institute of Marine and Fisheries Science used drones to release 200,000 self-produced young cockles into Jangheung waters in order to recover rapidly declining cockle resources. Cockles, known as cockles, are the representative fisheries resource of Jeollanam-do. 99% of the national production was a major marine product produced in Jeonnam, but due to recent loss of natural resilience due to overfishing of resources and climate change, Jeonnam cockle production is decreasing sharply every year from 3,784 tons in 2010 to 48 tons in 2023. Accordingly, the Jeonnam Provincial Institute of Marine Fisheries Science used cockle seedlings from Beolgyo Mountain to produce 600,000 healthy seeds (1.5 mm in size) in June for a monitoring study on cockle resource ...

Source: Fisheco