Busan Gijang-gun, Seed Production Research for Maintaining Marine Ecosystems and Restoring Fisheries Resources

The Busan Gijang-gun Fisheries Resources Research Center is accelerating research on aquaculture technology development for Ecklonia cava and red sea cucumber to restore coastal ecosystems and recover fishery resources.

Ecklonia cava is one of the high-income species used for creating sea forests. Since 2020, the county has been conducting research on seed production manuals suitable for the Gijang waters with about 200 million KRW funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' national project over four years. This year, the focus is on cultivation management within actual fishing grounds in collaboration with local fishermen.

Additionally, sea cucumbers are representative marine organisms that help maintain coastal marine ecosystems. Since the successful research on artificial seed production in 2020, approximately 60,000 individuals have been released annually along the Gijang coast.

Currently, Gijang-gun is conducting research on red sea cucumber seed production in cooperation with local fishing communities based on the existing sea cucumber seed production technology.

Gijang County Office.

The county expects that once the research is completed and the technology is disseminated, the increase in resource quantity will contribute to the creation of abundant seas and the use of high value-added raw materials in health functional foods and cosmetics, thereby increasing fishermen's income.

A Gijang-gun official stated, “To create new income sources for marine resource development and local fishermen, we will actively contribute to maintaining a healthy coastal ecosystem and increasing the income of local fishermen through research on developing new fishery resource varieties.”

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