Wando-gun, Joint Public-Private Simulation Drill for Red Tide Response

Deployment of Ships, Drones, and Mud Stone Spreaders Conducted Like Real Situations

Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do conducted a red tide control simulation drill in the Songgok waters of Sinji-myeon at 2 p.m. on the 12th.

According to the county on the 13th, about 100 people including the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Jeollanam-do, Wando-gun, related organizations, and fishermen participated in the drill, with 39 vessels, one mud stone spreader, and one drone deployed as control equipment.

A red tide control simulation drill is being conducted in the Songgok waters of Sinji-myeon.
[Photo by Wando-gun]

The drill was conducted as if an actual situation occurred, assuming that a red tide warning was issued on the morning of the 12th when the concentration of the red tide organism Cochlodinium exceeded 700 cells per milliliter in the cage-dense waters of Songgok, Sinji-myeon, Wando-gun.

First, red tide was monitored using a technical guidance vessel and a drone, and the red tide occurrence situation was communicated to the surrounding red tide control vessels.

Then, before the red tide organisms flowed into the fishing grounds, fish cage facilities were moved to safe waters, and mud stone spreading and water current control were carried out in the red tide affected area.

Kim Hyun-cheol, chairman of the Wando-gun Red Tide Countermeasures Committee (Deputy Governor of Wando), said, “We have secured more than 20,000 tons of loess for red tide control and thoroughly inspected control equipment to do our best to minimize red tide damage.”

Wando = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil just8440@asiae.co.kr

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