Shark 'Bukangi' Missing for Third Day: Has It Headed Out to Open Sea?

The shark known as "Bukangi," which captured the public's attention by staying in Busan North Port for over a month, has not been spotted by authorities for three consecutive days.

According to related agencies including the National Institute of Fisheries Science, Bukangi was not found during monitoring conducted around the Busan North Port area today (October 29).

After being sighted for three straight days from October 24 in the waters in front of the International Passenger Terminal pier, Bukangi has not been caught on the authorities' monitoring radar for three days from October 27 through today.

To track down Bukangi's whereabouts, authorities expanded their monitoring range from the North Port Marina to the waters in front of Pier 5, but have found no particular traces.

Citizen sightings, which have played a crucial role in confirming Bukangi's movements, have also not been reported so far.

However, it is still too early to conclude that Bukangi has completely left North Port.

This is because there is a possibility that it is staying in the deep waters of North Port without revealing itself above the surface.

Authorities believe that a lack of monitoring sightings and citizen reports for about a week would allow them to more strongly assess the possibility that Bukangi has left North Port.

Bukangi emerged as a local attraction in Busan after being first discovered in the artificial waterway of the North Port Waterfront Park on September 18 and staying there for over a month.

After escaping the narrow waterway following the authorities' third open-sea guidance operation on October 21, it had expanded its activity radius, moving to the waters in front of the International Passenger Terminal about 2 kilometers away from North Port Pier 1.
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