The current state of Korean aquaculture and the direction of its development - part 1

摘要

In Korea, aquaculture does not only supply superior marine foods to the domestic market but exports good quality marine foods, making a great contribution to the national economy since, from a geographical standpoint, fishing grounds are developed andforeshores well developed (Fig. 1) In the 1960s and 1970s when technologies were developed for producing the seedlings of laver, oyster, etc, aquaculture established its presence as a good producer of seafoods. From the middle of the 1980s when marine enclosing nets or land-based water tank-type technologies for cultivating flounder and others were developed, fish aquaculture was quickly advanced. In particular, a new turning point was found as aquaculture varieties were diversified (Fig.2 and 3). Aquaculture began to be prevalent in the 1990s when a focus was put on sea bream, sea bass and black rockfish. The age of serious international competition was ushered in July 1997 when doors were wide open to imported marine products and live fish like seabream and sea bass were introduced in large quantities from China, Japan and others. In the 2100s, the output of some marine products like Sebastes schlegdi increased and their import quickly multiplied. As a result, some aquacultural farmers went bankrupt because the balance of supply and demand for seafoods was broken, domestic consumption downsized, and seafood prices declined sharply.