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1. Fishing Industry Production

  Fishing industry is one of the most dynamic and large industry in global food industry. The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that the total output of aquatic products exceed 160 million tons in 2013. The total aquaculture industry production is about 70 million tons in the 160 million tons. This is about 44% of the total production of aquatic product and 49% of the consumption of seafood for people around the world.

  The Secretary, Audun Lem, in Products, Trade and Marketing Branch said, "Aquaculture has grown significantly result from a variety of species such as salmon and shrimp maintaining high price."

  The Secretary Lem said about total of aquatic products last year, "The proportion of the total of aquatic products is about 37% of the total of global food products in 2013. This is the most dynamic industry field in global food industry.

  If this dynamic industry is damaged by global warming, the world food and economic crisis will cause. The fishing industry structure also will be change. Because the type, size, and distribution of fish is affected by increasing temperature for global warming. 

  Aside from the damage caused by the change of species, fish farms may be hit directly. Increasing in sea water temperature, the red tide occur more frequently. Because aquaculture industry take big part of fishing industry, fish die in coastal fish farms caused by red tied will be more direct damage.

2. Damage about Starfish and Jellyfish

  In Buan(Jeonbuk), there is a problem with full of starfish instead of crab. Furthermore, starfish discovered in fish farms of Tongyeong(Gyeongnam). Starfish eat many mussels, so it is critical damage. One starfish eat 10kg of mussels. Because the natural enemy of starfish is rare, the fishermen are very concerned. There is a starfish relief work. But, there is time limit. To kill starfishes, starfishes must be dried about sun. During drying starfish, stench is problems for solution.

  Jellyfish cause a lot of damage to fishing industry. Jellyfish damaged fishing nets and dropped marketability of a catch of fish.

  In the case of Nomura jellyfish, one unity is more than 50kg in weight, so the damage about fishing net is more critical. Fishermen are also damaged to skin directly, and there is damage to be 300 billion won per year for labor delay time and jellyfish screening operations.

  In addition, a large amount of jellyfish occur zooplankton competition with other fish, so it is a reason decreasing of fish source.

3. Tourism

  Tropical fish is more colorful and splendid than fish in cold current. Tropical fish's region in Jeju is increased toward north and the number of fishes is increased. These tropical fish with variety of coral reefs and algae offer attraction to tourist that enjoy marine leisure. The tourism industry is expected to increase the added value.

 We need long-term management and supervision rather than expecting short-term return in tourism. Because increasing temperature by global warming is not stopped at the most favorable point and it is continually in progress. We need watch consistently about effect or condition that caused by introducing new species into the ecosystem.

4. Subtropical Regions Marketing

5. Fishflation

  The subtropical phenomenon in Korean peninsula is crisis and opportunity in the industry. Housing culture and tourist spot's change provide new food type. The life damage and extreme weather events such as flooding due to heavy rains, the damage caused by the emergence of new mutations pests and frequent lightning damage accident is also provide new business opportunity. Subtropical regions industry is already rising in Japan with slogan, "Make money with global warming."  Dedicated anti-flooding homes, new insecticides for pest variations, lightning damage will confirm that the emergence of a specialized company. 

  Aquarium fish industry will be developed in Korean businesses.

  Fishflation is a combination word with 'inflation' meaning persistent inflation and 'fisheries' meaning marine fishes, that are persistent inflation due to lack of marine fisheries resources.

  The World Food Organization (FAO) warned that climate change will bring biodiversity crisis which would lead to an increase in fish inflation. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said that fish inflation can occur because of lacking of fish resource compared with the increasing in consumption of marine fish, and the world marine products run short about 10 million tons in 2015. Because agricultural products such as grain and soybeans that used for marine products feed are so expensive. Fish meal used for marine product feed consist of wheat flour and soybean, so increasing of grain price caused increasing of fish meal price about 300% since 2000. As a result, fish meal price is more expensive than normal catch fish and the number of marine products for aquaculture industry decrease.

  Consumer purchases imported seafood for low price, because of increasing price which caused by decreasing in supply of domestic marine products by fishflation. Consequentially, price competitiveness of foreign marine products rise, so domestic fishing industry can be depressed.

Influence to Human Being

Economical Effect

Economical Effect

 However, there are negative effects are also exist. Movement of local specialty makes hard to maintain local festivals. For example, Ganwon-do Gosung in Korea, there is a proverb : The dogs enjoy Pollack. Every October, Gosung hold Pollack festival, but there is no more Korean Pollacks. All Pollack in festival is imported.

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