The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute or NFRDI, is a scientific body operated by the South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n government, under the authority of the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It was first established in 1921. Subsidiary institutes operate in each of the major Korean fisheries.

The NFRDI is headquartered in Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun

Gijang-gun

Gijang County is a gun, or county, located between Haeundae-gu and Ulsan in northern Busan, South Korea.-History:Gijang first appears under its current name in the annals of the year 757, during the Unified Silla period. At that time it was made the hyeon of Gijang, part of Dongnae-gun...

, northern Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

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See also

• Fishing industry of South Korea
  Fishing industry of South Korea
  Until the 1960s, agriculture and fishing were the dominant industries of the economy of South Korea.Organizations involved in the development of the fishing industry in South Korea include:...
  
  
• List of Korea-related topics
• Fisheries management
  Fisheries management
  Fisheries management draws on fisheries science in order to find ways to protect fishery resources so sustainable exploitation is possible. Modern fisheries management is often referred to as a governmental system of appropriate management rules based on defined objectives and a mix of management...