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 daily monitoring efforts for a dusky shark named Bukangi, after failing to locate the creature for four consecutive days. The shark had been confined to an artificial waterway at Busan's North Port Waterfront Park for over a month. The National Institute of Fisheries Science suspended routine field monitoring around the port and assembled a standby team to investigate public sightings of the shark.
Bukangi's size, depth, and prolonged underwater presence had made tracking its movements more challenging. First discovered in the park's waterway on September 18, the roughly 3-meter-long female was the subject of three attempts to guide her towards open water, as officials were concerned about the narrow channel's suitability for her prolonged stay.
Following the third attempt on October 21, Bukangi managed to slip through a barrier and returned to the waterway, continuing to circle near its entrance.
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