Gyeongbuk Province Explores Utilization Plans for East Coast Blue Carbon

Symposium on Revitalizing Marine and Fisheries Industry Held in Yeongdeok

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] On the 10th, Gyeongbuk Province held the ‘Gyeongbuk Marine Fisheries Revitalization Symposium’ at the main auditorium of the Yeongdeok Lohas Seafood Support Center.

The symposium, hosted by the province and Yeongdeok County, was attended by Kang Seong-jo, Deputy Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, Yoon Ki-jun, Officer of the Fisheries Resources Policy Division at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Lee Hee-jin, Mayor of Yeongdeok County, county council members, university professors, and local fishery workers.

Recently, marine fisheries in Gyeongbuk have undergone many changes in fishing conditions due to climate change, including the dominance of warm current marine organisms and the decline of cold current marine organisms along the East Coast.

In this situation, measures to continuously manage and preserve fishery resources on the local East Coast and to increase fishery income are urgently needed.

This symposium was organized under the theme ‘Value and Utilization Plans of Blue Carbon Resources along the East Coast’ to present specific preservation and utilization plans for blue carbon, which is attracting attention as a carbon sink.

The day began with a keynote speech by Lee Gi-taek, a member of the ‘2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee,’ followed by presentations on ▲ the value and utilization plans of blue carbon resources along the East Coast by Hong Ji-won, professor of Hydrogen and New Renewable Energy at Kyungpook National University, and ▲ the eelgrass blue carbon along our coast by Lee Geun-seop, director of the National Marine Biodiversity Institute.

Additionally, presentations were given on the management strategies for blue carbon seagrass habitats in Indonesian marine protected areas by a researcher from the Indonesian Marine Research Institute, red algae Gynura biomass resources by Kim Hyung-geun, professor at Gangneung-Wonju National University, and the stabilization of sea forests and marine ecosystem restoration through seaweed farm construction technology by Kwak Cheol-woo, CEO of the Korea Marine Environment Ecology Institute.

In the panel discussion, Hwang Seon-jae, head of the Resource Business Headquarters at the Korea Fisheries Resources Agency, served as the moderator for a heated discussion on the theme ‘Creation of East Coast Sea Forests and Utilization Plans of Blue Carbon for Carbon Negative Effects.’

Panelists included Kim Nam-il, head of the Gyeongbuk Province East Sea Region Headquarters; Yoo Ki-jun, officer of the Fisheries Resources Policy Division at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries; Choi Chang-geun, professor of Ecological Engineering at Pukyong National University; Kim Nam-gil, professor of Aquaculture Life Sciences at Gyeongsang National University; Noh Joon-sung, professor of Environmental Energy and Spatial Convergence at Sejong University; and Park Heung-sik, head of Research and Development at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology.

Kang Seong-jo, Deputy Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, said, “Through this symposium, the province will link the value and utilization plans of East Coast sea forest creation and blue carbon resources derived from the event to policies and devote efforts to managing marine fishery resources and revitalizing the economy along the East Coast.”

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