자침된 선박의 인공어초로의 활용

Utilization of Scuttled Ships as Artificial Reefs

There is very limited research on how to utilize scuttled ships as a fisheries and tourism resource in Korea, which poses significant obstacles to deriving their best management practices. Thus, we investigated several cases of utilizing scuttled ships as artificial reefs and their levels to provide fundamental data needed for utilization plans of sunken ships, scuttled ships, or ships subject to reduction in the future. First, we reviewed representative cases of scuttled ships as artificial reefs and their historical practices. Then, we found the keys necessary to establish a best management practice. These include environmental integrity of shipwreck reefs, consistent application of a best management practice, a basis for cost estimates, the usefulness of shipwreck reefs etc. Moreover, we discussed how to improve the current domestic practice of scuttled ships, which has been established to construct a marine habitat enhancement structure.