Pollock and squid are disappearing in the East Sea...It went up 1.9 degrees in 56 years.

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Over the past 56 years, the water temperature in our waters has been twice as hot as the global average.

In particular, the water temperature in the East Sea, where pollock is extinct and squid are disappearing, has risen by nearly 2 degrees.

Reporter Choi Ah-young reports.

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Yeonsanho Lake, the flower of the sea that bloomed off Jeju Island, melted down.

On the east coast, which is famous for being cold due to the all-time heat wave this summer, a large number of farmed fish died.

[Lee Tae-hyung / CEO of a river bridge aquaculture company (last August): Up to a third of all breeding animals may die. Realistically, it is difficult enough to consider closing down now.]

Over the past 56 years, when the global surface water temperature rises by 0.7 degrees, our waters have risen by 1.44 degrees.

It's twice as hot as the Earth's average.

In particular, the water temperature in the East Sea, where pollock disappeared and even squid dried up, rose 1.9 degrees.

[Han In-sung / Director of Climate Change Research at the National Institute of Fisheries Science: The East Sea consists of cold water in the north and warm water in the south. As the border between warm and cold water rises further north....]

Due to this increase in water temperature, the map of Korean fish species is also changing.

Pollock, squid, anchovies, and mackerel are gradually disappearing, while the main turbulent fish species, yellowtail, horse mackerel, and mackerel, have steadily increased their catch over the past 40 years.

In particular, this year, the high-water temperature special report, which is issued when the water temperature is 28 degrees or higher, continued for 71 days, the longest period ever.

In response, the government has also rushed to come up with measures.

[Gang Gang-hyung / Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (last 8th / State audit) : As the impact of climate change such as high water temperature and changes in fish stocks begins in earnest, we will also come up with comprehensive measures within this year.]

The National Fisheries Research and Extension Services predicted that our sea water temperature will rise by 1 to 4 degrees by 2100.

I'm YTN's Choi Ayoung.

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