Muan County released mother octopus in Tando Bay area in South Korea

Published 2022년 12월 19일

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South Korea's Muan-gun province has released 11,500 mother octopuses into Tanto Bay in a move to boost the marine life and income of local fishermen. This initiative is part of a larger ₩4 billion, five-year project aimed at creating a spawning and breeding ground for octopus and releasing mother octopuses into the bay. In 2021, the project also released 31,000 mother octopuses and 800 kg of crabs, leading to the sale of about 40% of the total octopus catch by the Mokpo Fisheries Cooperative Commission by November this year.

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Muan-gun, South Jeolla Province recently announced that it had released 11,500 mother octopuses to Tanto Bay to create resources for octopus, a representative marine product in the region. The octopus released this time is expected to spawn next spring and contribute to the increase in fishermen's income. Muan-gun was selected for the octopus spawning habitat creation project in 2020 and invested a total of 4 billion won for 5 years from 2021 to 2025 to create an octopus spawning and breeding ground and release the mother octopus. Octopus resource recovery project is promoting In 2021, 4 octopus spawning and habitats were created around Tando Bay, and this year, 31,000 mother octopuses and 800 kg of crabs, which are food creatures, were released during the off-season from June 21 to July 20 to increase the population ...

Source: Fisheco