SEJONG, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run agriculture corporation said Tuesday it will use big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently manage supplies of agricultural and fisheries products. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (aT) said it will test-run an advanced product management system based on big data and AI this year [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Friday it will release 6,700 tons of its fisheries stock starting next week to keep prices under control during the fishing prohibition period. The prohibition period began April 1 and will continue to Aug. 11, depending on different types of net fishing. Violators are subject to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s offshore fisheries output sank to a 44-year low in 2016 due to tumbling fish stocks caused by a combination of Chinese illegal fishing, climate change and overfishing, a report showed Monday. The country’s inshore and offshore fisheries production came to 923,000 tons last year, down 12.7 percent [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Antarctic toothfish (dissostichus mawsoni) is a cod icefish species native to the Earth’s southern seas. Living 1,000 to 1,800 meters below the ocean’s surface, the fish take about 17 years to fully mature, and are known to live up to almost 50 years. Yet, little is known about their [...]
INCEON, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – The area between the northern limit line (NLL) in the West Sea and the fisheries control line of North Korea is actually the same as the DMZ. The fisheries near the five northwestern border islands are close to the NLL, and fishing in the area is banned to protect South [...]
CHANGWON, Dec.8 (Korea Bizwire) – Live fishery products caught in Gyeongnam Province can now be tasted in New York. Gyeongnam Province promoted its fisheries at large supermarkets and restaurants in New York and New Jersey from December 4 to December 6. The local government explained that it succeeded in exporting live fishery products to the [...]