Release of Approximately 250,000 Juvenile Freshwater Crabs in Jicheon, Buyeo-gun, Chungnam

Approximately 250,000 juvenile freshwater crabs were released into the streams of Buyeo-gun, Chungnam Province.

The Freshwater Fish Center of the Chungnam Fisheries Resources Research Institute announced on the 19th that a large number of juvenile freshwater crabs were released into the streams of Eunsan-myeon, Buyeo-gun on the same day.

The streams in Eunsan-myeon are tributaries of the Geum River system, where freshwater crabs that spawn in the estuary area of the Geum River grow, migrate, and inhabit.

Earlier, since April, the Freshwater Fish Center secured adult freshwater crabs and produced high-quality juvenile crabs through artificial seed production processes including spawning, hatching, and growth.

The juvenile freshwater crabs released on this day were about 0.7 cm in size on average, produced through these processes. Chungnam Province expects that the release will increase inland fisheries resources and boost fishermen's income.

The Fisheries Resources Research Institute plans to continue releasing about 900,000 inland fishery seeds, including crucian carp, Korean bullhead, and freshwater snails, in September following the juvenile freshwater crab release.

Meanwhile, the Fisheries Resources Research Institute has been conducting experimental research on artificial seed production to restore freshwater crab resources since 1990, and from 1994 until last year, it has released a total of approximately 5,617,000 juvenile freshwater crabs into rivers within the province.

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