Pukyong National University Holds On-Site Technical Training and Meeting with Fishing Village Associations

The Yeongnam Sea Grant Center at Pukyong National University recently held an 'On-site Technical Training and Field Meeting for the Fishing Cooperative' at Seonchon Village Fishing Cooperative in Tongyeong City, Gyeongnam.

On the morning of the 6th, the Yeongnam Sea Grant Center at Pukyong National University conducted technical training and a meeting led by Professor Oh Seok-jin, a technical education committee member, for about 20 members of the Seonchon Village Fishing Cooperative.

Through this technical training, the center informed participants about the current status of paralytic shellfish toxins and related systems and policies, introduced research results on a biomonitoring system using bivalve shell movement, and explained the potential for local field application and expected effects.

Yeongnam Sea Grant Center, where the 'Fishing Village Cooperative On-site Technical Training and On-site Meeting' is in progress.

Professor Oh Seok-jin stated, “Recently, changes in weather and environmental conditions, biological competition, and poor pollution have caused problems such as quality degradation and reduced production. Along with the issue of shellfish toxins, the center plans to continuously promote public-oriented projects to solve various marine and fisheries issues.”

The Yeongnam Sea Grant Center at Pukyong National University is conducting the Korea Marine Development Program (Sea Grant) of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and held this training and meeting as part of the project titled ‘Establishment of an Early Warning System for Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in the Gyeongnam Waters Using Bivalve Shell Movement-Based Biomonitoring System.’

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