SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A rare spotted seal pup has been born at Seoul Grand Park, offering a bright spot of conservation success amid mounting threats to marine life. The pup, named Bangul, is the third of its kind born at the park since 2018, when it became the first facility in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Monday that a satellite tracking device has been attached to a spotted seal that has been released to the sea, in order to determine out the routes and timing of the seal’s seasonal migration in real-time. The National Institute of Fisheries Science [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in April, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will introduce the artificial intelligence (AI) program “HotSpotter” in its investigation into the identification of the spotted seal, which is designated as a protected marine organism. HotSpotter was developed by the computer engineering department of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Three spotted seals returned to Baengnyeong-do, the northernmost island in South Korea, after a 10 year absence. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, after comparing 249 seals observed at Baengnyeong-do in 2008 and 21 seals spotted in June last year, noted that three seals were identical to the ones [...]