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With Russia: Sakhalin Region 2015 Knowledge Sharing Program (Industry &Trade) with Russia: Sakhalin Region 2015 Knowledge Sharing Program (Industry &Trade) with Russia: Sakhalin Region Project Title Evaluation of Prospective Aquaculture Industry Development in Russia‟s Sakhalin Region Prepared by Institute of Russian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Supported by Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF), Republic of Korea Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) Prepared for The Government of Sakhalin Region, Russia In cooperation with Ministry of Investment and Foreign Relations of the Sakhalin Region Program Director Kye Hwan Kim, Director, Industrial Cooperation and Globalization Division, KIET Hakki Kim, Head of International Industry Team, KIET Senior Advisor Dong-Kyu Shin, Former President of NongHyup Financial Group Inc. Project Manager Hyun Taek Kim, Professor, Director of Institute of Russian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Authors Chapter 1. Young Jin Jang, Professor Emeritus, Pukyong National University/ Se Ho Jang, HK Research Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Chapter 2. Han Kyu Im, Professor, Mokpo National University/ Sung Hoon Jeh, Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Program Co-organizer Kimo Yang, Director General, KOTRA Vladivostok Chi Hyun Shin, Manager, KOTRA Vladivostok Sun Young Chang, Manager, KOTRA Program Officer Dong-Hee Rhee, Research professor, Korea University Government Publications Registration Number 11-1051000-000737-01 ISBN 978-89-5992-948-1 978-89-5992-943-6 (set) Copyrightⓒ2016 by Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea Knowledge Sharing Program 11-1051000-000737-01 2015 Knowledge Sharing Program (Industry & Trade) with Russia: Sakhalin Region A Policy Study on the Development of the Aquaculture Industry in Sakhalin Region Preface The Knowledge Sharing Program (Hereinafter „KSP‟) project to share the accumulated experiences of economic development with the nations which Korea established economic cooperation relationship with began from 2004 under the supervision of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (The then Ministry of Finance and Economy). The KSP project was meaningful for understanding the local situation through close negotiation with the governmental institutions and experts of the partner country and providing highly practicable research and consultation rather than one-sided deliverance of knowledge and opinion on the experience of the Republic of Korea. The KSP II project providing consultation on various sectors of the partner country including industry, investment, and economic policy has begun from 2014. The purpose of the then KSP II project is not only to help the partner country to develop their economy but also to promote mutual growth of the both countries by establishing the foundation for industrial cooperation between the two sides. KSP project with Russia was first conducted in the Primorsky Territory in 2013, and then the Kamchatka Krai and the Sakhalin Region were included in the project. The Sakhalin Region was first selected as the target region of KSP II project in 2014, and was selected again as the target region in 2015. Surrounded by the sea, the Sakhalin Region is blessed with the optimum natural environment for the development of fisheries. Thus, the development of the mariculture industry is highly meaningful and important for the potential contribution to the economic development in the region and the potential supply of high-quality fishery products to nations in East Asian with high demand for seafood. The report evaluates the current condition and the prospect of the mariculture in the Sakhalin Region from a perspective of the experiences in the mariculture development in the Republic of Korea. Furthermore, the study contains the research data on the technical proposal and political project for the development of the mariculture industry in the Sakhalin Region. For a comprehensive research, both the fisheries scientists and the regional experts were involved in the program. They made their utmost efforts to produce highly practicable results by conducting interviews with the government of the Sakhalin Region, local farmers and companies, field trips to potential mariculture sites and visiting to farms. The results were well documented in this report. In the process, the government of Sakhalin Region and the local experts showed great interest in the program, and the report was prepared with a focus on the farming of scallop and sea cucumber which are considered the most practicable species in terms of the natural condition of the site, marketability, and development potential. It should be noted that the study was conducted through the cooperation between the experts on the region from the Institute of Russian Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies which is the executing organization of the project and the fishery experts from Mokpo National University and Pukyong National University which are major educational institutions on fisheries in the Republic of Korea. The cooperation was aimed to enhance the quality of the report by integrating expertise on the Russian economy and the mariculture which is the specific subject of the project. We would like to thank all the people from KOTRA and the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade who have fully cooperated for the program, particularly in complex situations of the appointment of new governor and followed personnel changes in the government of the Sakhalin Region. Also we would like to thank the senior advisor Dong-Kyu Shin who provided valuable advice and suggested adequate direction for the project whenever there was a difficulty in the process of the project. Moreover, we would also like to thank the members of the review board who have delicately reviewed and evaluated the report in the middle and the final stage, and the related persons of the local government of the Sakhalin Region and the local experts who have fully supported us for the smooth progress of the project. Lastly, we would like to show our respect to the enthusiasm of the researchers who have did their best day and night for the project and their time for participating in frequent meetings at various locations including Yongin, Busan, and Mokpo. The contents in this report are the opinions of the experts who have participated in the project and are not the official opinion from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, KOTRA, Institute of Russian Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and related institutions. June, 2016 Institute of Russian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Director, Hyun-Taek Kim Contents Overview ............................................................................................................................... 10 2015 KSP (Industry & Trade) With Russia (Sakhalin Region) .......................................... 17 Chapter 1 Evaluation of the Current State of Sakhalin Region’s Mariculture and its Development Prospect ......................................................................................... 24 <Summary> ..................................................................................................................................... 24 1. Current State of Asia-Pacific Marine Living Resource Market and its Prospect ...................... 26 1.1. Estimation and Prospect of World Marine Product Production and the Future of Aquaculture Industry...............................................................................................................26 1.2. Current State of Asia-Pacific Market for Scallops, Sea Cucumbers, and Abalones ...........30 2. Background on Sakhalin Region‟s Development of Mariculture and its Current State ........... 36 2.1. Background on Sakhalin Region‟s Development of Mariculture and its Current State .....36 2.2. Present Condition and History of Sakhalin Region Mariculture ..........................................38 3. Prospective and Potential Utilization of Marine Biological Resources in Sakhalin Region .... 43 3.1. Current Utilization of Marine Biological Resources and Physical/Natural Characteristics of Sakhalin Region .......................................................................................................................43 3.2. Mariculture Prospects and Potential in the Sakhalin Region ................................................50 Chapter 2 Policy for the Development of Mariculture Industry in Sakhalin Region ....... 56 <Summary>........................................................................................................................................ 56 1. Current Progress and Evaluation of Biotechno Park Construction Project ............................... 58 1.1. Current Situations of the Project .............................................................................................58 1.2. Reviewing the Progress of the Project and the Government Support ..................................65 1.3. Problems in implementing the Project ...................................................................................65 2. Lessons from the Mariculture Industry Development in Korea ................................................. 67 2.1. Development Process of Korean Mariculture Industry ........................................................67 2.2. Factors Behind the Development of Aquaculture in Korea..................................................71
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