[Editorial] As the climate crisis becomes more severe, an organization dedicated to fisheries disasters must be established.

As global warming causes sea temperatures to rise, fisheries in nearshore waters are increasingly facing a crisis. Moreover, the rate of sea temperature increase in our country's nearshore waters is about twice the global average, making the problem even more severe. Recently, damage from high water temperatures has become more serious. According to the National Institute of Fisheries Science, the cumulative damage from fisheries disasters between 2011 and 2024 amounted to 476.4 billion won, with high water temperature damage reaching 347.2 billion won. Particularly, last year's prolonged heatwave and high water temperature phenomenon led to losses of 143 billion won in aquaculture, which is more than three times the previous year's losses and the largest since the recording of aquaculture high water temperature damage began in 2012. This summer, high water temperature damage, as well as disasters such as red tides and jellyfish, have simultaneously occurred, threatening the ...