구조·치료 마친 바다거북 12마리, 제주 바다로…위성추적장치 달고 비접촉 방류
Twelve Rescued and Treated Sea Turtles Return to the Sea off Jeju, Fitted with Satellite Trackers and Released Without Being Handled
Part of the September 2, 2026 daily edition
해양수산부는 8월 27일 제주 중문색달해수욕장에서 푸른바다거북 6마리, 붉은바다거북 2마리, 매부리바다거북 4마리 등 바다거북 12마리를 자연 방류했습니다. 이번에 방류된 개체들은 해양동물 전문 구조·치료기관인 아쿠아플라넷 여수·제주와 SEALIFE 부산아쿠아리움에서 구조해 치료했거나 인공부화한 것들입니다. 방류는 바다거북이 받는 스트레스를 줄이기 위해 사람이 직접 바다에 넣지 않고 개체가 스스로 이동하는 비접촉 방식으로 진행됐습니다. 국립해양생물자원관은 방류한 개체에 위성추적장치를 붙여 이동 경로를 살필 계획입니다. 국내에서는 푸른바다거북과 붉은바다거북, 매부리바다거북, 올리브바다거북, 장수거북 등 5종이 해양보호생물로 지정돼 있으며, 현존하는 바다거북 7종은 모두 세계자연보전연맹(IUCN) 멸종위기종으로 분류돼 있습니다.
Translation
On August 27 해양수산부 released 12 sea turtles into the wild at 중문색달해수욕장 beach on 제주: six green turtles, two loggerheads and four hawksbills. The animals released this time had been rescued and treated, or hatched in captivity, at 아쿠아플라넷 여수·제주 and SEALIFE 부산아쿠아리움, which are specialist rescue and treatment institutions for marine animals. To reduce the stress on the turtles, the release was done without contact: nobody put them into the sea by hand, and each animal moved off on its own. 국립해양생물자원관 plans to fit the released animals with satellite trackers and follow their routes. In Korea five species are designated protected marine species, the green, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley and leatherback turtles, and all seven living species of sea turtle are classed as threatened by the IUCN.
Vocabulary
- 방류하다동사 (verb)to release into the wild (into water)
- 개체명사 (noun)individual (animal)
- 인공부화명사 (noun)artificial hatching, hatching in captivity
- 비접촉명사 (noun)non-contact, without handling
- 위성추적장치명사 (noun)satellite tracking device
- 이동 경로명사구 (noun phrase)movement route, migration path
- 해양보호생물명사 (noun)protected marine species
- 멸종위기종명사 (noun)endangered species
Grammar points
-기 위해(서)in order to
-기 위해(서) turns a verb into a purpose: 스트레스를 줄이기 위해 means 'in order to reduce stress'. The purpose clause comes first and the action taken for it follows, which is the reverse of the usual English order. With a noun the same idea is N을/를 위해.
Example: 방류는 바다거북이 받는 스트레스를 줄이기 위해 사람이 직접 바다에 넣지 않고 개체가 스스로 이동하는 비접촉 방식으로 진행됐습니다.
To reduce the stress on the turtles, the release was done without contact: nobody put them into the sea by hand, and each animal moved off on its own.
-(으)ㄹ 계획이다to plan to
-(으)ㄹ 계획이다 states an intention that has been decided but not yet carried out. 살필 계획입니다 tells you the tracking has not produced results yet; the article reports the plan, not the data. It is a shade more concrete than -(으)ㄹ 예정이다, which can be a mere schedule.
Example: 국립해양생물자원관은 방류한 개체에 위성추적장치를 붙여 이동 경로를 살필 계획입니다.
국립해양생물자원관 plans to fit the released animals with satellite trackers and follow their routes.
-(으)며and (formal, joining clauses)
-(으)며 joins two clauses of equal weight in written and formal Korean, where speech would use -고. 지정돼 있으며 ... 분류돼 있습니다 puts the Korean designation and the international one side by side in one sentence. The two halves may share a subject or, as here, have different ones.
Example: 국내에서는 푸른바다거북과 붉은바다거북, 매부리바다거북, 올리브바다거북, 장수거북 등 5종이 해양보호생물로 지정돼 있으며, 현존하는 바다거북 7종은 모두 세계자연보전연맹(IUCN) 멸종위기종으로 분류돼 있습니다.
In Korea five species are designated protected marine species, the green, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley and leatherback turtles, and all seven living species of sea turtle are classed as threatened by the IUCN.
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