page_title: Aquaculture in South Korea
hierarchical_section_title: Aquaculture in South Korea
caption_attribution_description: English: Global Aquaculture Production
context_page_description: South Korea occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The total land mass of
  the country is 98,480 km² but usable land is only 20% of the total and thus the population is
  concentrated around the coast. The Korean Peninsula is surrounded by the East, West and
  South Seas, a coast-line that extends for about 2,413 km. Endowed with an abundance of fisheries
  resources, Koreans have developed a distinct seafood culture with annual per capita sea food consumption of 48.1 kg in 2005.
  Years of capturing wild fish together with improved fishing technology have led to a continuous decrease in
  capture production in South Korea in recent years, and consequently led to a greater attention to
  aquaculture to meet the increasing demand for aquatic products.
  Extensive aquaculture has been practiced in Korea for several hundred years, but modern intensive aquaculture did not emerge until the 1960s. However, total annual aquaculture production was
  less than 100,000 tonnes in this period. Aquaculture production increased
  from 147,000 tonnes in 1971, reaching over 1.2 million tonnes by 2006.
context_section_description: South Korea occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The total land mass of
  the country is 98,480 km² but usable land is only 20% of the total and thus the population is
  concentrated around the coast.  The Korean Peninsula is surrounded by the East, West and
  South Seas, a coast-line that extends for about 2,413 km. Endowed with an abundance of fisheries
  resources, Koreans have developed a distinct seafood culture with annual per capita sea food consumption of 48.1 kg in 2005.
  Years of capturing wild fish together with improved fishing technology have led to a continuous decrease in
  capture production in South Korea in recent years, and consequently led to a greater attention to
  aquaculture to meet the increasing demand for aquatic products.
  Extensive aquaculture has been practiced in Korea for several hundred years, but modern intensive aquaculture (mainly for seaweed and shellfish) did not emerge until the 1960s. However, total annual aquaculture production was
  less than 100,000 tonnes in this period. Aquaculture production increased
  from 147,000 tonnes in 1971, reaching over 1.2 million tonnes by 2006.
caption: Global Aquaculture Production in South Korea[1]