School meal tasting event for seafood...Support for abalone and boosting local economic vitality

Published Nov 6, 2025

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Jeonnam Province announced that it will hold abalone utilization product school meal tasting events for 15,000 students from 20 elementary, middle, and high schools within and outside the province until November to expand local seafood consumption, stabilize fishermen's income, and secure a future generation seafood consumption base. The school meal tasting events aim to resolve the management crisis of abalone aquaculture households due to falling prices and sluggish consumption at the production sites and to secure a future generation consumer base for increasing fixed consumption. During the event, Jeonnam Province will provide three types of abalone utilization products (abalone seaweed nutritional rice, abalone skewered fish cake, and sliced abalone) that students prefer as school meals to promote the excellence of abalone.

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Jeonnam Province announced that it will provide abalone-utilized products to 15,000 students from 20 elementary, middle, and high schools within and outside the province until November. The school meal tasting event aims to stabilize fishermen's income through expanding local seafood consumption and to secure a consumer base among future generations. Jeonnam Province has selected three abalone-utilized products (abalone seaweed rice, abalone skewers, and sliced abalone) that students prefer and will provide them as school meals during the event period. The province intends to promote the excellence of abalone and convey the meaning of mutual growth through regional economy and abalone consumption. Son Young-gon, Director of the Fisheries Distribution and Processing Division of Jeonnam Province, said, "The abalone industry is a key industry supporting the regional economy. In addition to providing abalone in school meals, we will support the domestic production of imported abalone ...

Source: Aflnews