A visitor looks at displays at the 5th Korea Aquarium Fish Fair, organized by the oceans and fisheries ministry, at an exhibition center in Goyang, north of Seoul, on Aug. 16, 2019. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it will seek to expand the size of the local pet fish market by 35 percent through 2025 by developing more homegrown species while encouraging the public to adopt them.
Under the goal, the size of the local pet fish market will reach 657 billion won (US$581 million) in 2025, up 35 percent from 487.3 billion won tallied in 2020, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.
Over the period, the number of farms raising pet fish will increase to 186 from the current 151. The annual production of related products, including feed, will rise to 121.8 billion won, up from 90.3 billion won in 2020.
South Korea earlier implemented a five-year development plan for the industry, which ran from 2016 to 2020. Over the period, the size of the country’s pet fish market shot up 19 percent.
To further bolster the growth, South Korea plans to ease its dependence on imported fish breeds and instead foster more homegrown species.
The new blueprint also includes plans to install fish tanks at public facilities, including airports, and create educational content that can be utilized at local schools.
The country will consider officially authorizing certificates related to pet fish, currently issued by a private organization.
An average South Korean owning pet fish spent 22,000 won monthly in 2020, with the amount expected to reach 29,000 won by 2025.
(Yonhap)
I have a male 3spot gourami fish in a separate tank from my pair of opaline gourami fish cause I’m training him to use self-defense against when needed against fish like convict cichlids and green severum cichlids that bully gouramis. I love south Korea and japan I don’t like China
I also want to know if anyone in Japan or south Korea will be training male 3spot gourami fish to use self-defense against aswell
Plus now there’s another rightwing republican/conservative fish for the 3spot gourami to if needed use self-defense against it’s the halfbeak fish. The list is 1 green severum cichlids,2 pink convict cichlid and 3 the halfbeak fish. These are rival fish to the 3spot gourami fish