Korea Fisheries Resources Agency · Pharma Research strengthen cooperation for new utilization of salmon by-products

The Korea Fisheries Resources Agency, in collaboration with the private company Pharma Research Corp., is visiting the site of a new utilization project for salmon by-products to strengthen public-private cooperation for the high-value utilization of fishery by-products. The agency has been promoting a private cooperation project for the new utilization of salmon by-products since 2012, over a period of 13 years, and has been seeking ways to repurpose by-products such as fish bodies and gonads, which are generated during the management of approximately 3,500 female salmon annually at the East Sea Headquarters East Sea Life Resources Center, rather than simply disposing of them. In this process, the agency has concluded a business agreement with Pharma Research Corp., a bio-company with strengths in the development of pharmaceutical and cosmetic ingredients, and has achieved various results, including the development of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics using domestic salmon gonad ...