SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A rescue mission has been initiated for a juvenile Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, identified as “Jongdal,” that has been caught in discarded fishing lines for over two months, hindering its ability to swim freely. The operation is being conducted by the Jeju Dolphin Emergency Rescue Team, which consists of marine environmental [...]
JEJU, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A young Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, entangled in a discarded fishing net and living in peril, has sparked significant attention and concern for its rescue. The dolphin, less than a year old, was first observed in early November last year off the coast of Daejeong-eup in the city of Seogwipo on Jeju [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Maritime authorities have begun efforts to rescue a baby dolphin found caught in a discarded fishing net in wasters off Jeju Island, officials here said Wednesday. The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin calf less than one year old was first spotted swimming with a waste net stuck on its [...]
SEOCHEON, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea announced on Monday that it had awarded the grand prize to Park Jae-wan’s mesmerizing photograph titled “Outing with Mom.” This captivating image beautifully captures a southern bottlenose dolphin through the lens and has been crowned as the pinnacle of this year’s marine life underwater [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will move a dolphin kept in an aquarium for more than a decade into a pen in the sea, as a step toward releasing him into the wild, the oceans ministry said Wednesday. Experts said Bibong, a male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin and believed to be 23 years [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park’s old Ocean Hall, once popular in the 1980s and 1990s for its dolphin shows, has been renovated into a platform to raise awareness about animal welfare and the marine ecosystem. The park held an online opening ceremony on Tuesday via YouTube, changing the hall’s name to [...]
BUSAN, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A female dolphin was found in the waters off Jeju Island carrying a deceased calf. The National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) Cetacean Research Institute discovered a female dolphin attempting to take a deceased calf to the water’s surface on June 11, during observation of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins near [...]
ULSAN, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A young dolphin calf at Jangsaengpo Whale Life Experience Museum is doing well, Ulsan’s Namgu City Management Corp. said on Thursday. The corporation introduced ‘Ko Jang-su,’ a 20-month old dolphin calf, to the public on Thursday. Ko’s parents are Jang Kot-bun, a 20-year old female, and Ko Ah-rong, a [...]
JEJU, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (scientific name: Tursiops aduncus) has been travelling freely into a fish farm situated in the waters of Haengwon-ri off the coast of Jeju Island in search of food, experts say, with its most recent visit documented yesterday. The dolphin that swam into a traditional Jeju [...]
ULSAN, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – One of two dolphins recently brought to Korea from Japan died Monday only five days after relocating to its new home at Ulsan’s Whale Experience Hall. According to officials, who announced the death on Tuesday, the dolphin died at 9:15 p.m. on Monday. The five-year-old dolphin left Taiji, Wakayama [...]