Thousands of tuna caught in one day
As if fishermen threw away the tuna caught by the ‘bluefin tuna quota system’
Jangsari Beach, Namjeong-myeon, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do was covered with dead tuna. The military is presuming that the fishermen threw away the tuna they caught because of the ‘bluefin tuna quota system’.
Yeongdeok-gun explained on the 28th that dead tuna swarms began to appear from around 5 pm on the 27th, and that only about 1,000 tuna were collected in one day.
It is estimated that these tuna were thrown away by fishermen who were fishing with a political net off the coast of Yeongdeok. The military believes that about 10 political net fishing boats dumped the recently caught tuna at once, and it is estimated that they discarded 13,000 tuna.
The reason that fishermen throw away expensive bluefin tuna is that the ‘bluefin tuna quota system’ is an international agreement that sets the amount of tuna that can be caught, which is a difficult fish to farm. face
Recently, the tuna catch has increased significantly in the East Sea due to a rise in water temperature and changes in currents. The amount of political nets allocated to Gyeongbuk this year was 74.4 tons, and the capture was completed early. Accordingly, North Gyeongsang Province ordered political net fishermen to stop catching tuna from 00:00 on the 27th of this month.
However, it is difficult for fishermen to pick up other fish except tuna from the beginning because they have to pull up their nets to check the catch. Recently, fishermen engaged in net fishing have caught large amounts of tuna and released them back into the sea. However, the tuna that comes out does not live for long, so most of them are thrown away dead. Eventually, as it decayed, it rose and was washed ashore on the waves.
On the other hand, there are voices worrying about pollution as this situation could be repeated throughout the second half of the year. In response, Yeongdeok fishermen continue to demand that the tuna catch limit be increased.
Ji-min Jang, Guest Reporter at Hankyung.com newsinfo@hankyung.com
