South Korea: Annual catch of toothfish up to 240 tons for 3 years

The National Institute of Fisheries Science announced on October 29 that Korea has secured an annual catch of up to 240 tons of toothfish (Mero) in the South Pacific for the next three years (2025-2027). This is because the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO)’s experimental fishing plan for developing new fishing grounds for toothfish was recently passed by the organization’s Scientific Committee held in Lima, Peru. It is scheduled to receive official approval at the annual meeting to be held in Chile in February next year. The new experimental fishing aims to secure scientific data by investigating the distribution and resource volume of toothfish in the 110,000㎢ fishing grounds in the South Pacific adjacent to the Antarctic Ocean, the relationship with the Antarctic toothfish population, and bycatch species. The National Institute of Fisheries Science expects that this will lead to securing new fishing grounds in the South Pacific and scientific ...