The 2022 Sea Farm Show, hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF), took place at KINTEX in Goyang, north of Seoul, from Dec. 1 to Dec. 3.
The show has been held every year since 2016. The 2022 Sea Farm Show, the 8th rendition, served as an opportunity to make known to people the excellent Korean farming technologies, and safe and delicious fishery products raised with such technologies.
Local governments, fisheries cooperatives and other related organizations across the nation have participated in Sea Farm Show.
The fair has served as an opportunity to contribute to spreading new farming technologies to people in the fisheries industry and expediting the consumption of fisheries products by releasing cooking tactics using cultivated fisheries products.
The 2022 Sea Farm Show was held under the theme “Fisheries Products Cultivated in Smarter and Safer Fashion.”
Among about 150 people on hand at an opening ceremony of 2022 Sea Farm Show were MOF Minister Cho Seung-hwan, Chairman So Byung-hoon of the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, and Rep. Lee Yang-soo.
MOF set up a policy publication pavilion and introduced future core technologies of the farming industry, such as environment-friendly farming using seawater filters and smart farming using AI and big data as well as steps to ensure the safety of fisheries products, such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Fifty-two companies and organizations installed 114 booths to publicize their latest technologies and products.
Spectators were given opportunities to observe farming fisheries products, such as abalone, flatfish and oyster and purchase them at discounted prices.
The fair coincided with events, such as test-operating of a crane of a farm management ship, a sea craft test and a farming fisheries quiz show.
MOF Minister Cho said, “Sea Farm Show has so far contributed to making people pay more attention to cultivated fisheries products.” He expressed hope that more people would come to 2022 Sea Farm Show, being held for the first time in three years, enjoy delicious and safe cultivated fisheries products.
MOF Minister Cho has Meeting with National Flag-Carrier Shipping Company CEOs
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) said MOF Minister Cho Seung-hwan met with national flag-carrier shipping company CEOs at the Sejong Government Complex on Nov. 15 and discussed the current status of the rapidly changing maritime market and ways of developing the maritime industry.
Participants of the meeting included CEOs of HMM and nine other shipping companies, including the CEO of SINOKOR, concurrently chairman of Korea Shipowners’ Association, and CEO of Korea Ocean Business Corp.
During the meeting, government and maritime industry sides shared the recent movements of declining shipping fares and took stock of their impact on shipping companies.
The government explained steps to ramp up the competitiveness of the maritime industry in the wake of the changes of the market situation, released on Nov. 4 and it listened to recommendations on how to cope with international maritime regulations and improve seaman supply and demand and discussed solutions.
MOF Minister Cho said, “Through steps to strengthen its competitiveness, calling for creating a management safety valve of a maximum of 3 trillion won, the government will do its best to retain the competitiveness of the Korean maritime industry even if any difficult situation occurs.
He called for shipping companies to proactively cope with the global maritime market with a more aggressive attitude and thorough preparation and drastic decision-making.
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