Government eel production statistics 'bogus'...discrepancy between observed statistics and production volume up to 97%

The gap between statistics from the National Data Center and observation center statistics The discrepancy in transaction-based volume sales Also directly linked to CITES international treaty issues Data reliability is very important It has been revealed that the inland fishery policy established by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has been based on unreliable statistics. According to the National Statistics Portal operated by the National Data Center, the production volume of eel, which accounts for the largest proportion of inland fishery production, was 5,716 tons in 2014, 9,089 tons in 2015, 9,904 tons in 2016, 11,144 tons in 2017, 15,899 tons in 2018, 19,442 tons in 2019, 9,788 tons in 2020, 15,772 tons in 2021, 18,131 tons in 2022, 16,090 tons in 2023, and 16,090 tons last year. On the other hand, the eel offloading volume compiled by the Korea Institute of Fisheries Science Fisheries Observation Center showed a difference of 40.97% from the National Data Center's ...