Authorities began an operation Tuesday to guide a 3.5-meter shark back to the open sea after it spent 12 days in an artificial waterway at a waterfront park in Busan.
The Busan Coast Guard and the National Institute of Fisheries Science launched the operation Tuesday morning, first locating the shark, nicknamed “Bukangi,” before attempting to steer it out of the waterway.
Coast guard vessels are using water jets from pumps to push the shark toward the sea.
If Bukangi does not leave the waterway, authorities plan to try again on Oct. 2, using nets to guide it out to sea.
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