Water Must Be Sprayed to Harvest... Busan City Releases 200,000 Young Dongnam Crabs into Nakdong River
Fisheries Resources Research Institute to Release 1.45 Million Southeast Asian Mud Crabs Since 2014 in Buk-gu and Gangseo-gu for Fishermen's Income on 1st and 2nd
Plans to Release Pufferfish and Baris Shrimp Also Scheduled
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] You must sow in the water to reap!
A project to release juvenile Dongnam crabs into the Nakdong River is underway to secure fishery resources.
The Busan Fisheries Resources Research Institute (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) announced that from the 1st to the 2nd, it will release 200,000 juvenile Dongnam crabs into the Nakdong River basin in Busan over two days to create fishery resources and improve fishermen's income.
The juvenile Dongnam crabs to be released were hatched by inducing spawning after securing healthy mature females from nature last April, raised for about 40 days, and are individuals with a carapace width of 0.7 cm or more.
The Fisheries Resources Research Institute plans to release them together with fishermen from Buk-gu and Gangseo-gu in the Nakdong River basin, and also release them upstream of the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage with the Korea Water Resources Corporation, hosted by the Ministry of Environment, to promote the restoration of the Nakdong River basin ecosystem.
The Dongnam crab is characterized by migrating to the sea in autumn to breed, mating near the estuary, with females carrying eggs from April to June, and the hatched juveniles moving upstream to grow.
They are mainly used for steaming, soup, and crab jeot (fermented crab), and are a traditionally popular and important inland water resource favored by gourmets.
The Fisheries Resources Research Institute successfully produced Dongnam crab seeds for the first time in 2014 and has released a total of 1.45 million Dongnam crabs to date.
Following the Dongnam crab, various fishery seeds such as yellow pufferfish and barley shrimp will also be released.
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Lim Jeong-hyun, director of the Busan Fisheries Resources Research Institute, said, “The Dongnam crab is a species preferred by local fishermen, focusing on fishery resource management and creation in preparation for the opening of the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage,” adding, “To prevent the spread of COVID-19, masks will be worn at all times, and fishery seeds will be transported and released at sea using the minimum number of fishermen and fishing vessels.”
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