BOEUN, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songnisan (Mount Songni) Office of the National Park Service in South Korea is launching a major operation to eliminate largemouth bass from a reservoir in the park, as the non-native fish species has displaced native fish and the population is rapidly flourishing. The park has been trying to [...]
ULSAN, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The southeastern coastal city of Ulsan is setting up artificial bass spawning grounds around Samho Island in the Taehwa River to eradicate the bass, a fish species that has been invasive to the local ecosystem. The bass eggs found in the artificial spawning grounds will be removed by city [...]
HONGSEONG, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Bass and bluegills, the two major invasive alien species in South Korea, will be used as ingredients in high-quality processed foods. South Chungcheong Provincial Office said Thursday that it had successfully developed meat products made with bass and bluegills in the form of processed crab sticks, sausages and fish [...]
BOEUN, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A national park reservoir has been overcome by a rapidly proliferating bass population that is destroying the local carp habitat. Songnisan National Park in response has stepped up to invite anglers from across the country to capture the predator species. Starting Tuesday, the park began buying bass caught by [...]
CHEONGJU, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — While bass are popular with lure anglers for fishing, the fish itself is not popular at the Korean dinner table. Therefore, after enjoying the thrill of a battle, most bass are released after they are caught. However, because bass are ecosystem-disturbing animals, releasing them back into the wild is [...]
CHEONGJU, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The North Chungcheong provincial government has been carrying out an operation to wipe out invasive fish species that are disturbing ecosystems in local lakes. Local government officials have bought 5.34 tons of carnivorous fish such as bluegill, bass and skygazer from the Okcheon Waste Incineration Plant. The fish, caught [...]
CHUNGJU, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) –- Local governments including Chungju and Ulsan have set off for the lakes and reservoirs — with harpoons in their hands — to eradicate Korean ecosystem’s “Enemy No. 1″ : Bass and Bluegills, mostly blamed for disturbing “natural order” across the nation. The city of Chungju has recently announced that [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Invasive alien species such as bluegills and bass are set to be hunted down by bounty seekers in Daegu, as city officials have declared war on plants and animals that are harming indigenous species. The city government will pay 5,000 won for one red-eared slider and one kilogram of bluegills and [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Hospitals and healthcare providers, as well as healthcare IT companies, are the subsectors most likely to see increased consolidation in 2014-2015, according to a report published today by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC. “This year we’re seeing significant implications from the Affordable Care Act take hold” Published in association [...]