The pathology division of NFRDI hosted ‘International Workshop of Aquatic Animal Vaccine’ on Dec. 11th attended by vaccine specialists from home and abroad. This time of workshop was a precious opportunity to see the current state of vaccine industry and research trend.

NFRDI participated in ‘2012 Life Industry Technologies Exposition Korea’ to show aqua pets, King Halibut(King Nupchi), and biotechnologies which are the main achievements of NFRDI. The expo held on 20-22, Sep. was truly a precious opportunity for visitors to have a good look at NFRDI’s research results.

1 ton of King Halibut(so called King Nupchi which reflects the halibut’s excellent quality) exported overseas for the first time in a living state thanks to the development of a transport container for live-fish.

 

The breed was developed by Genetics & Breeding Research Center of NFRDI and the container was made jointly by NFRDI and Geoje Fish Farming Association.

 

This would trigger halibut exports all over the world to guarantee growth for the halibut breeding industry.

Newly elected president, Mr. Son Jae-hak’s inauguration was held as of Mar. 19.

Cetacean Research Institute (CRI) had a porpoise carving event attended by professors, students, experts and etc. At the same time, Prof. Kimura Junpei from Seoul National University gave a lecture on marine mammal’s traits.

NFRDI organized a welcoming ceremony of R&D Cluster Formation for 10 Core Products hosted by MIFAFF. The plan aims to achieve a goal of 10 billion dollars in fish exports by 2020 cultivating ten strategic fish breeds (Pacific oysters, sea cucumber, abalones, and etc.).

NFRDI had a demonstration session for theworld\'s first reader of fish origin and species. It is evaluated as a successful case ofconvergence research among industrial-educational-public-institutional sectors.

The 2011 NFRDI-CAFS-FRA Head Meeting was held in Tongyoung, Korea on Oct. 20-21 under the theme of ‘Low Carbon Green Growth’.

The 2011 Annual Meeting between NFRDI, ROK and FRA, Japan was held hosted by NFRDI on August 25-26. The meeting aims to deepen bilateral collaborations on giant jellyfish, fish lamp and low carbon green growth.