Mokpo City Increases Fishery Resources by Releasing Black Sea Bream

230,000 Fish Released Near Aphae Bridge in the Border Waters of Mokpo, Muan, and Sinan

Mokpo City announced on the 30th that on the 29th, it released 230,000 black porgy (Gamseongdom) fish seeds into the waters near the Amhae Bridge, with the participation of village fishery chiefs, as part of efforts to develop coastal fishery resources and increase fishermen's income.

The city purchased healthy black porgy seeds that passed infectious disease inspections with a release project budget of 100 million KRW, and released them in the boundary waters of Mokpo City, Muan County, and Sinan County in the southwestern coastal region for mutual development.

(Center) Mayor Park Hong-ryul is releasing 230,000 black porgy fish seeds into the waters near the Aphae Bridge with the fishing village chiefs.
[Photo by Mokpo City]

Black porgy is a coastal sedentary species with a high survival rate upon release, and is an economically valuable species preferred by fishermen, anglers, and consumers, expected to become a major source of income for fishermen in the future.

Since 1996, Mokpo City has continuously implemented fish seed release projects to increase declining fishery resources, releasing a total of 6.13 million seeds including rockfish, abalone, flatfish, and black porgy to date.

To enhance the effectiveness of fish seed release, the city prohibits the use of fishing nets that may capture released seeds around the release sites, and urges fishermen to actively participate by re-releasing juvenile fish caught during fishing activities, enabling fishermen themselves to cultivate fishery resources.

Mayor Park Hong-ryul stated, “We expect that the development of fishery resources through the purchase and release of fish seeds will lead to resource recovery and increased fishery production, greatly contributing to the increase of fishermen's income,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to create abundant fishing grounds.”

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