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Busan Metropolitan City to Hold Forum on “Globalizing Blue Food to Advance Busan as a Global Maritime Capital”

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that it will hold a forum on “Globalizing Blue Food to Advance Busan as a Global Maritime Capital” today, October 1, at 2:00 p.m. in the third-floor conference room of the Jagalchi Auction Market of the Busan City Fisheries Cooperative.

The forum has been organized to review the progress of Busan’s seafood industry cluster in response to changes in the global seafood market and the emerging era of Arctic shipping routes, and to discuss globalization strategies including the development of a sustainable K-Blue Food ecosystem and the establishment of a global trading platform.

The event is hosted and organized by the Busan Fisheries Policy Forum and supported by Busan Metropolitan City, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Pukyong National University and the Korea Maritime Institute.

Around 80 participants are expected to attend, including representatives from Busan Metropolitan City and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, research institutes, seafood-related organizations, and companies engaged in processing, distribution and exports.

The forum will proceed with a briefing session, keynote lecture, thematic presentation and panel discussion, addressing a range of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of Busan’s seafood industry and expand its presence in global markets.

Lee Wol-la, Director of the Fisheries Promotion Division of Busan Metropolitan City, will provide an overview of the current status of the seafood industry cluster development project and measures to foster Busan’s blue food ecosystem, followed by a question-and-answer session with participants.

Ma Chang-mo, Director General at the Korea Maritime Institute, will then deliver a keynote lecture on “Strategies for Globalizing K-Blue Food to Advance Busan as a Global Maritime Capital in the Era of Arctic Shipping Routes.” Park Ki-jae, Director General of the Food Convergence Research Division at the Korea Food Research Institute, will present “Strategies for Establishing a Global Blue Food Trading Platform.”

The panel discussion will be chaired by Kim Young-mok, Dean of Pukyong National University, and will bring together six experts from government, research institutions and industry to discuss policy initiatives aimed at strengthening the competitiveness and global reach of Busan’s blue food industry.

The panelists will be Heo Nam-gi, Director of the Export and Processing Promotion Division at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries; Ha Gwang-su, Director of the Food Safety and Processing Division at the National Institute of Fisheries Science; Cho Byeong-yeol, Director of the Quarantine and Inspection Division at the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service; Jang Seok-wi, President of the Busan Excellent Food Manufacturers Association; Shin Jae-seop, Chairman of Jaeho Mulsan Co., Ltd.; and Gu Jong-min, Chairman of the Busan Warehousing Association.

Busan Metropolitan City expects the forum to provide an opportunity to explore directions for the global expansion of Busan’s seafood industry and to develop practical policy initiatives that will enable local processing, distribution and export companies to grow together.

Sim Jae-min, Assistant Mayor of Maritime Capital Strategy Office, said, “This forum is a meaningful opportunity for people working on the front lines of the seafood industry, academia, the central government and local governments to come together and explore a sustainable future for Busan’s seas and blue food. Busan Metropolitan City will strengthen cooperation with relevant institutions and industry and continue providing the necessary support so that the city can take the lead in building a global blue food ecosystem.”