GANGNEUNG, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangwon Province’s Donghae Regional Office released 1,000 young and female pollack raised at a farm in Goseong County Wednesday to restore the pollack population. They include 300 female pollack and 700 young pollack raised by the Cold Water Resources Center. Female pollack have been tagged with electronic chips to [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Pollack, one of the most common white fish, has been found to play an important role as a health supplement. According to the Korea Overseas Fisheries Association on Monday, such results were published by Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. in November 2017. It was found that the protein content of [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s seafood imports rose for the third straight year in 2016 on rising demand for healthier food and ingredients, government data showed Thursday. The total value of imported seafood reached US$4.79 billion in 2016, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – From now on, grocery shoppers will be able to check exactly how fresh the fish on the shelf is by looking into their smartphone. All they need is type in the serial number on the package of mackerel or scan the barcode to see who caught it, when, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government is trying to revive the almost-extinct walleyed pollack in the East Sea by artificially hatching its fries and releasing them into the sea. Walleyed pollack is one of the beloved food items for ordinary Koreans for the last century especially during the winter with various [...]