The Korea Fisheries Resources Agency (Chairman Jong-deok Kim, hereinafter referred to as the Agency) visited the site of the 'Sea Forest Carbon Trading Pilot Project' to check the growth status of seaweed and the carbon absorption effect, and held discussions for the stable settlement of the project. On the 9th, the Agency, along with Jeonnam Province, Wando County, and a private advisory group, visited the site of the 'Sea Forest Carbon Trading Pilot Project' to directly check the growth status of the cultured seaweed. The on-site inspection results showed that the seaweed used as a carbon absorption source is growing healthily at an average of more than 2 meters. The Agency predicts that seaweed can absorb up to approximately 120 tons of carbon per hectare and fix it in the ocean for a long time. During the on-site inspection,