South Korea: The National Institute of Fisheries Science launches task force for field-oriented flounder aquaculture R&D

The National Institute of Fisheries Science launched the ‘Halibut Mortality Response Task Force (TF)’ to develop the flounder aquaculture industry and held a kick-off meeting. The recently launched Halibut Mortality Response Task Force (TF) will identify the causes of productivity decline, such as mass mortality of farmed halibut, diagnose what research is needed in the field, and promote field-oriented research and development (R&D) with the goal of solving the problem. Flounder has become an industrially very important breed, accounting for about 50% of Korea's fish farming production as of 2022. However, since 2010, mass mortality due to disease, environmental deterioration, and natural disasters has occurred frequently, resulting in a decline in productivity. As this continues, there is an urgent need to prepare countermeasures. The National Institute of Fisheries Science held this meeting to solve the problem of flatfish farming mortality by gathering research ...