Both fishing production and production amounts increased last year in South Korea

South Korea

Published Mar 1, 2022

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It is tentatively calculated that both domestic fishery production and production amount increased last year. According to the Fishery Production Trend Survey by Statistics Korea, fishery production last year was 3.82 million tons, an increase of 2.9% from the previous year, and the production amount recorded 9.26 trillion won, an increase of 4.9% from the previous year. By fishery, general sponge fishing recorded 941,000 tons, up 0.8% from the previous year, as catches of mackerel, fleshy squid, and blue crab increased. As production increased by 3.9% compared to the previous year, it was recorded at 2,397,000 tons. In the deep-sea fishery industry, the catches of squid, pollock, and yellowfin increased 0.5% year-on-year to 439,000 tons due to strong fish conditions due to the increase in resources. % increased to 43,000 tons.

Original content

The amount of production by fishery was 4.14 trillion won, down 5.1% from the previous year, and 3.29 trillion won, up 13.7% from the previous year. The deep-sea fishery sales increased 16.9% year-on-year to KRW 1.31 trillion, and the inland fishery industry recorded 520.4 billion KRW, an increase of 17.0% year-on-year. Looking at the major fish species, most major fish species except mackerel recorded a decrease in coastal fisheries. Last year, the catch of mackerel was 15629 tons, and the production amount was KRW 194.66 billion, an 81.8% increase and 18.5% increase compared to the previous year. In comparison, the production of anchovy decreased by 33.8% to 143,413 tons, and the production amount decreased by 41.5% to 7,787 billion won. . In the fish aquaculture industry, the production amount of halibut and rockfish increased significantly while the production decreased. The production of halibut was 41,791 tons, down 4.6% from the previous year, while the production amount ...

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