A large Pacific bluefin tuna was caught off the coast of Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province.
On the 13th, Yeongdeok County announced that a 24-ton fishing boat A caught a large Pacific bluefin tuna weighing 314 kilograms and measuring 1.6 meters in a set net installed 1.2 kilometers off the coast of Samgari, Ganggu-myeon on the 11th.
Recently, Pacific bluefin tuna have often been caught off the coast of North Gyeongsang Province, but most weighed around 10 kilograms. The large Pacific bluefin tuna was sold for 10.5 million won at the Yeongdeok Ganggu Fisheries Cooperative this morning.
Meanwhile, there is no closed season for Pacific bluefin tuna, but there are annual catch limits (quotas). The domestic quota was 1,219 tons last year, while the North Gyeongsang Province quota was 165 tons.