CHANGWON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of individuals has been charged with orchestrating an elaborate scheme that placed Kenyan marathon runners in illegal employment at seafood farms along South Korea’s southern coast, the Changwon Coast Guard announced on November 19. According to authorities, a 29-year-old marathon runner affiliated with a local sports association has [...]
POHANG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – “Fish farms in Pohang are on the brink of shutting down. We’re losing thousands to tens of thousands of fish daily,” lamented Lee Tae-hyung, a fish farm owner in Guryongpo-eup, Nam-gu in the city of Pohang, on August 22. Lee’s distress highlights the severe impact of recent high sea temperatures [...]
SUWON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Province Maritime & Fisheries Research Institute said Thursday it will set up and operate aquaponics fish farms, facilities that produce both fish and crops at the same time, in Gimpo and Icheon on a trial basis until next year. The aquaponics system has a clear strength in [...]
NAJU, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Rural Community Corp., South Korea’s state-run rural development agency, said Monday it had addressed the chronic concerns of land-based fish farms, among others, damages from hot or cold water temperatures, through the exploration of underground seawater. Flatfish, abalone and cockles, in general, are farmed in enclosures built [...]
SUWON, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government has announced a plan to operate South Korea’s first ‘shared fish farm’ using a breeding tank for freshwater fish at the Gyeonggi-do Marine and Fisheries Resource Research Institute located in Yangpyeong, 55 kilometers east of Seoul. Just like a shared kitchen designed to incubate restaurant [...]
TONGYEONG, South Korea, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A smartphone-based fishing ground management system has become the next big thing for fish farm owners in Tongyeong, a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government, the system was first introduced to local fish farmers in January of this year, and has so [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has become the first Asian country to successfully farm salmon, the world’s most consumed fish. According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, some 500 tons of salmon from a Goseong County (Gangwon Province) fish farm will start to ship out on Tuesday for the first time. [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Iran are set to begin discussions on boosting their bilateral cooperation in the fisheries sector that will include a joint fish farming venture, the Seoul government said Monday. The talks will be held in Iran from Thursday involving officials from South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and [...]