Gyeongsang National University RCIDS Holds Symposium on 'Seafood Export Industrialization Strategy'

They are taking a commemorative photo after the 2020 Korea Fisheries Science Conference. (Photo by Gyeongsang National University)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] The Gyeongsang National University Fisheries Food Industrialization Technology Support Center (RCIDS) announced on the 21st that it held a symposium titled "Global Non-Tariff Barrier Response Strategies for the Export Industrialization of Fisheries Food" in collaboration with the Korean Society of Fisheries Science at the GNU Convention Center.

Kim Seong-hee, Director of the Export Processing Promotion Division at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, stated in the presentation "Measures to Expand Fisheries Food Exports after COVID-19," "Due to the spread of COVID-19, there has been an expansion of non-face-to-face consumer markets, increased demand for Home Meal Replacement (HMR) products, overseas logistics disruptions caused by border closures, and strengthening of non-tariff barriers."

Director Kim added, "To strengthen the export competitiveness of the fisheries food industry, we plan to actively support non-face-to-face marketing using online platforms, residential life-oriented marketing linked with overseas local convenience stores, and the development of hygienically safe convenient and healthy processed fisheries food products."

Lee Jeong-seok, Deputy Director of Gyeongsang National University RCIDS, emphasized, "To expand the fisheries food export market, which is concentrated in Japan, to North America, China, and ASEAN markets, it is necessary to prepare for the post-COVID era by setting directions based on commercialization R&D such as developing care food-type HMR processed fisheries food products for the elderly, infants, and postpartum mothers, expanding processed fisheries food products that can be distributed at room temperature, developing customized packaging technology for fisheries food, and premium product development utilizing processing by-products like heads and shells."

Im Kyung-hee, Head of the Fisheries Policy Business Division at the Korea Maritime Institute, explained, "It is important to establish an institutional foundation for fostering fisheries food clusters based on the 'Fisheries Food Industry Promotion Act,' nurturing promising leading companies, developing country-specific customized processed fisheries food products based on overseas market research, and fostering the fisheries food tech industry that will lead the future food industry."

Kim Jin-su, Director of the Fisheries Food Industrialization Technology Support Center at Gyeongsang National University, pledged, "We will support the domestic processed fisheries food industry to maintain international competitiveness even after the COVID-19 pandemic."

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