SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Once a symbol of successful ecological restoration in South Korea’s industrial powerhouse, the Taehwa River in Ulsan is witnessing its lowest salmon return since 2005, with only 37 fish counted this year, local officials reported on December 5. The return of salmon to the Taehwa River, which began in 2003, had [...]
ANDONG, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – North Gyeongsang Province announced on November 14 a comprehensive “Maritime and Fisheries Transformation” plan aimed at revitalizing its East Sea coastal fishing industry and leisure tourism sector. The ambitious initiative includes a significant shift in aquaculture strategy, with plans to invest 140 billion won through 2030 to transition from traditional [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With growing national concern over the discharge of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, domestic companies have shown renewed interest in land-based salmon farming. Global demand for salmon is increasing, but catches have declined due to global warming and the recent “contaminated water [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced Sunday that it will designate Salmo salar, commonly known as Atlantic salmon, as a potential threat to the ecosystem. In South Korea, the environment minister designates species potentially harmful to the environment to place them under special management. The National Institute of Ecology claimed that [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government said Tuesday it plans to release 10 million salmon fry into local rivers, as it seeks to build up a sustainable fishing industry. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it set free 4.2 million salmon fry at the Namdae River, located in Gangwon Province, along [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Food companies are coming up with variety of recipes, including salmon and tuna, for home meal replacement (HMR) products. In 2017, South Koreans consumed 58.4 kilograms of fishery products per person, surpassing Japan to become the largest consumers in the world. According to the Norwegian Seafood Council, the favorite [...]
GOSEONG, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Fisheries Resources Agency announced yesterday that the year’s first capture of salmon returning to spawn took place at Daejin Port, Goseong-gun in Gangwon Province on September 12, a week later than in recent years. The captured salmon measured 69 centimeters in length, and weighed 3.4 kilograms, on [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of seafood rose in the first nine months of this year on the popularity of shrimp and salmon, and a poor squid harvest, the oceans ministry said Tuesday. South Korea imported $3.97 billion worth of seafood from January to September, a sharp 12 percent gain from [...]
BUSAN, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Fisheries Resources Research Institute released 100,000 salmon fry Tuesday at Ilgwang Stream in northern Busan. As part of its restoration project to establish an eco-friendly ecological stream, while at the same time enhancing the region’s marine resources, the institute has released over 1 million salmon fry into [...]
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. [...]