South Korean fish farms Archives

S. Korean “King Flounder” Aquafarming Heats Up

BUSAN, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Breeding of the South Korean superfish “king flounder” at aquafarms is set to increase dramatically with the National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) beginning large-scale distribution of fertilized eggs this month. Through a selective breeding program without the use of artificial gene editing, researchers were able to produce the [...]

S. Korean Gov’t Sets Out 2018 Plan for Seafood Industry

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Implementing a seafood traceability scheme, regulating fish farm antibiotic use and setting industry wide standards for aquaculture are some of the tenets of the government’s plan for South Korea’s seafood industry in 2018. Officials from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) on January 23 presented the details of [...]