Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Discusses Seafood Consumption Promotion with Mid-sized Enterprises Association

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that Minister Cho Seung-hwan met on the 19th in Seoul with Choi Jin-sik, Chairman of the Korea Federation of Medium-sized Enterprises, and Kim Ki-sung, CEO of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives, to discuss cooperation measures to revitalize seafood consumption between domestic medium-sized enterprises and the fisheries industry.

This meeting was arranged after the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries requested cooperation from the Federation of Medium-sized Enterprises to support the domestic fisheries industry, which has been struggling due to recent high water temperatures and rising production costs, and the federation accepted the request.

Minister Cho urged for voluntary participation by companies to encourage the use of seafood as gifts during the Chuseok holiday, promote visits to domestic fishing villages during the autumn travel season, and expand the supply of domestic seafood in corporate cafeterias.

The Federation of Medium-sized Enterprises also plans to actively cooperate with its member companies to expand seafood consumption.

Minister Cho, along with Chairman Choi Jin-sik and CEO Kim Ki-sung, will visit the Mapo Agricultural and Marine Products Market to check seafood consumption trends and prices.

They plan to inspect the ongoing traditional market seafood purchase Onnuri gift certificate refund event, which started on the 15th, and purchase seafood directly.

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