Authorities halt daily monitoring as Busan shark goes unseen for 4 days
Korean marine authorities have shifted from daily monitoring to responding to public sightings of Bukangi, a dusky shark named after the North Port waterway in which it was found, after monitoring teams failed to spot it for four consecutive days, officials said Friday. The shark had spent more than a month in an artificial waterway at Busan’s North Port Waterfront Park. The National Institute of…
Korean marine authorities have halted routine monitoring of Bukangi, a dusky shark named after North Port waterway, after four days of not being sighted by teams, officials announced on Friday. The shark had been residing in an artificial waterway at Busan’s North Port Waterfront Park for over a month. The National Institute of Fisheries Science stated that it had paused regular field monitoring in the area and assembled a standby team to handle sightings reported by the public.
Given that the shark was increasingly swimming longer distances and spending more time underwater, tracking its movements had become more challenging for the limited monitoring team. The approximately 3-meter-long female was first spotted in the park’s waterway on September 18. Authorities made three attempts to steer it towards open water, fearing that the constricted channel was unsuitable for a prolonged stay.
After the third attempt on October 21, Bukangi escaped through a barrier and returned to the waterway, continuing to circle near its entrance.
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