Seafood Fishers: "We Support Lee Jae-myung"

Fishery producers of key aquaculture products such as seaweed, abalone, oysters, and flatfish expressed their support for Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate. The Korea Seaweed Industry Association, Korea Abalone Industry Association, Southwest Sea Branch of the Korea Flatfish Aquaculture Association, around 200 oyster farms along the South Coast, Busan Jangheung Seaweed Producers Association, Korea Inland Water Aquaculture Association, Korea Aquatic Seed Industry Association, and some former presidents of the Korea Fisheries Business Owners Association held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Center on the 21st, stating, "Today's declaration is not a choice for a single candidate or a specific political party, but a decision for the survival and future of the fishing industry." They said, "We are facing increasing economic burdens due to production uncertainties from climate change, consumption downturn from economic recession, and ...