(Busan=Yonhap News) Reporter Cha Geun-ho = The phenomenon in the southern coast where the appearance of jellyfish is becoming earlier and the proliferation period of plankton, which serves as food for anchovies, is becoming later...
(Busan=Yonhap News) Reporter Cha Geun-ho = The phenomenon in the southern coast where the appearance of jellyfish is becoming earlier and the proliferation period of plankton, which serves as food for anchovies, is becoming later...
An analysis suggests that the decline in Korea's anchovy catch over the past decade is rooted in a misaligned timetable of marine life. A research team led by Dr. Kang Jeong-hun at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) stated, “By comprehensively analyzing data on water temperature, phytoplankton, jellyfish appearance, and anchovy catches along the southern coast from 2010 to 2020, we [found] rising water temperatures,