Creating a better future

for the people and the ocean

Title ) National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)

Realizing the value of fisheries science throughout its 100-year history

May 1921
Establishment of the Fisheries Experimental Station

1950s~1960s
- Pioneering of overseas fishing grounds
- Development of sea mustard farming technique
- Commencement of Korea-Japan fishing resource survey and marine observations
- Renamed as National Institute for Fisheries Promotion

1970s~1980s
“The Golden Age of the Fisheries Industry”
- Development of aquaculture techniques for oyster, abalone, laver, etc.
- Establishment of the framework for popularization of flatfish
- Support for processing and export of fisheries products
- Environmental pollution survey on coastal fisheries

Dec. 1989
Relocation to the Fisheries Research Complex
1990s~
- Commencement of the total allowable catch (TAC) system
- Development of fishing gear for resource management and fishing operation automation system
- Introduction of the HACCP system
- Renamed as the National Institute of Fisheries Science
- Genome analysis of flatfish and abalone
- Development of complete culture techniques for pollock and eel

Korea’s one and only national research institute

dedicated to the fisheries sector

East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, West Sea Fisheries Research Institute, South Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Southeast Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Jeju Fisheries Research Institute, and Inland Fisheries Research Institute

Tidal Flat Research Center, Seaweed Research Center, Aquatic Plant Variety Center, Fisheries Resources Research Center, Genetics and Breeding Research Center, Inland aquaculture Research Center, Cetacean Research Institute, Aquafeed Research Center, and Dokdo Fisheries Research Center

Promotion of successful offshore aquaculture cases

Bluefin tuna shipping event

- Main Research Field of NIFS

- Fishery resource management / Advanced aquaculture technology / Marine environment / Fisheries engineering / Sanitation and safety of fisheries products

Creating a better future

with fisheries science today!

Promotion of strategic products for the future
- Flatfish, bluefin tuna, salmon, eel, shrimp, abalone, oyster, sea cucumber, laver and ornamental fish
Development of farming techniques for strategic products
- Bluefin tuna, eel, pollock, and new varieties of marine algae
- Formula feed, biofloc system and recirculating aquaculture system
- Development of eco-friendly aquaculture technology
Smart fish farm management system
Development of smart aquaculture techniques

1. Farming environment monitoring system
Real-time monitoring and collection of data
such as water temperature and dissolved oxygen

2. Smart automatic feed supply device
Determination of timepoints for feed supply and
cessation based on analysis of swimming behavior

3. Fish body measurement device
Growth analysis and determination of sorting period
by measuring body size based on underwater images

4.Underwater drone
Check damage to facilities such as nets and enclosures
Industrialization research for the future
- Pharmaceutical development for fisheries use
- Development of customized fisheries food product processing technology
- Development of functional products

Protection and conservation of the ocean

for better coexistence

- 200 locations, close monitoring of specific zones of the littoral seas
- 45 species subject to Nationally Managed Resources Evaluation incl. mackerel and yellow corvina
- Protection of marine mammals

Restoration of the seas
- Development of eco-friendly fisheries equipment and materials
- Development of selective fishing technologies
- Cold pool prediction system:
Aquaculture damage reduced by approx. KRW 7 bil. in 2017

- 51 stations for monitoring abnormal marine situations
- 312 items subject to integrated monitoring
- Fishery environment evaluation
- Fishery relocation
- Drone-based red tide forecast

Fishing industry professionals striving toward the future of fisheries, together with general citizens

119 Field Emergency Service
- Technical support, education & training, presentations

Communication with the general public
- International Fisheries Food Product Fair, Fisheries Trade Expo, and Communication Exhibition

Sharing hope as the global fisheries powerhouse
leading the world
Leading the globalization of fisheries science technology through international cooperation

Main partners
- Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency,
- Russia Pacific Research Fisheries (TINRO) Center, Argentina National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development
Advanced research institutes: Germany, U.S.A., France, Norway, and Australia
Research partners: Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia

ODA project host countries: Myanmar, Algeria, and Tunisia

Ouargla Shrimp Farming and Research Center in Sahara

Shrimp aquaculture in the Sahara

Inland aquaculture in Myanmar
- Oyster aquaculture in Tunisia

World’s leading technologies

Striving toward a better tomorrow

National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)