Pacific island country officials visit to benchmark advanced maritime resource management; visit made possible through KOICA 

◇ On the morning of November 11, seven public officials from four Pacific island countries – Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Tonga – visited the Gyeonggi Maritime and Fisheries Research Institute to view the institute’s Ecology Education Center. The center was built to control diseases and to enable academic visits with regards to aquaculture farming, farming facilities, and fish diseases. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News

Public officials from four Pacific island countries visited the Gyeonggi Maritime and Fisheries Research Institute to benchmark advanced maritime resource management methods.

Gyeonggi Province announced that seven public officials from four Pacific island countries – Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Tonga – visited the Gyeonggi Maritime and Fisheries Research Institute on the morning of November 11 to view the institute’s Ecology Education Center. The center was built to control diseases and to enable academic visits with regards to aquaculture farming, farming facilities, and fish diseases.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) hosted this visit as part of its maritime resource expert training program with the Hyundai Research Institute Human Resource Development Center. The delegation will engage in activities to benchmark Korean maritime technology for 20 days from October 25 to November 14.

The delegation members expressed great interest in artificial seeding production and management technologies possessed by the Gyeonggi Maritime and Fisheries Research Institute and used in Korea for inland water resources.

An official from the Fijian Ministry of Maritime and Forestry, Saimone Tauvoli, explained his visit to Korea, saying, “The four Pacific island countries have ample maritime resources from the ocean, and we currently possess breeding technology for tropical aquarium fish. However, we have inadequate levels of technology for aquaculture farming, which could become a source of food and protein in the future.”

Gyeonggi Maritime and Fisheries Research Institute Director Kim Dong-soo said, “These officials from the four Pacific island countries visited Korea because of their deep interest in Gyeonggi Province’s advanced maritime resource technologies. Thanks to KOICA’s support, the visit was possible.” Director Kim added, “We plan to introduce Gyeonggi Province’s maritime resource technologies overseas and enhance our cooperation with countries from around the world.”

So far, public officials from Rwanda (2012), Japan (2013), and Malaysia (2014) have visited the institute to benchmark, among other things, sturgeon farming technology and inland aquaculture farming technology.

The Pacific island countries include 22 countries located south of Hawaii and east of Indonesia and Australia.

ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News | Kim Jin-Kyoung jinkyoungkim@kg21.net 

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