INCHEON, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – On Yeonpyeong Island, a fishing community situated near the maritime border with North Korea, local fishermen are locked in a dispute with municipal authorities over the disposal of fishing nets laden with crab remains, highlighting the environmental and economic challenges facing South Korea’s coastal communities. In September, the Ongjin County [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical producer, said Thursday it has signed an initial agreement with a local startup on the supply of fishing net waste to use it as feedstock for plastic recycling. Netspa, LG Chem’s new partner, has developed a technology to extract high-purity nylon from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new technology that enables remote real-time monitoring of the location and owner of fishing nets via electronic tags. The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) said Thursday that it will carry out a marine demonstration test for the commercialization of [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Fisheries Research & Development Institute announced the development of fishing equipment that allows porpoises to easily escape from fishing nets. Porpoises are small dolphins that live in the seas to the south and west of the Korean peninsula, and are an endangered species internationally. However, about 1,000 porpoises die [...]