South Korea: Instability in supply and demand of seafood requires preparation by expanding supply chain

Recently, global food supply and demand issues have become a major concern for each country, and in addition to traditional factors such as climate change and natural disasters, geopolitical factors such as supply chain disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict between the United States and China, and wars between Russia and Ukraine have been added to create risk factors. There is a high possibility that it will be done. Anxiety is rising as supply and demand volatility increases in marine products, which are a source of protein. In production, catches of national fish such as squid and snail have decreased due to climate change and resource decline, and the quality and productivity of seaweed are also declining. The void left by the decline in domestic fishery product production is being filled with imported fishery products. According to the most recently published food supply and demand table, domestic production accounts for only 1.97 million tons (51.0%) of the ...