Five 1.7m long ”legendary deep-sea fish” caught in Busan... ”Is this a sign of an earthquake?”

The conger eel, known as the "legendary deep-sea fish" because it is difficult to see even in a lifetime, has been attracting attention recently after several have been caught in Busan alone.
On the 23rd, a large conger eel measuring 1.7 meters in length was caught in the center of the Korea Strait near Busan.
This is the fifth fish caught in Busan after a sting from the sea. The conger eel finally appeared on the surface after about 10 minutes of struggle by two well-built adult men holding tightly onto fishing poles.
Captain Kim Kwanghee said, "I've been chasing conger eels for 10 years, but this is the first time I've caught so many this year. I caught three at one go, then one each time, for a total of five."
Some have argued that the repeated appearance of the conger eel is a sign of a major earthquake in Japan. Over the past three days, there have been nearly 300 earthquakes in the Japanese Sea area, and this may be related.
However, experts have denied that the appearance of deep-sea fish and the occurrence of earthquakes have been scientifically proven. Professor Kim Young-seok of the Department of Environmental Geology at Pukyong National University said,
"It seems extremely unlikely (for an earthquake to occur next month)," he said. "If it does occur, the Nankai earthquake occurs at intervals of about 100 to 150 years, but only 70 to 80 years have passed since then.
"The link between deep-sea fish and earthquakes is a myth and has not been scientifically proven," said Park Jeong-ho, a researcher at the National Institute of Fisheries Science and Technology.
"It seems a bit odd to think that the increase in the number of cases is due to the earthquake," he said. Meanwhile, a 183-centimeter-long, 140-kilogram-weighted worm was found in the sea off Jeju in February of this year.
An extremely large conger eel measuring up to 10cm in length was caught, attracting a lot of attention.