Resource Mobilization

Better use of fish resources in coastal region of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

 

With a significant proportion of the coastal population in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s deriving their livelihood from fishing, aquaculture and other marine activities, the project aimed to strengthen food and nutritional security by strengthening aquaculture (freshwater and marine) as a commercial activity. It achieved this by preparing a long-term development, capacity-building and investment project.

What did the project do

The project prepared a comprehensive five-year master plan (2017–2022) and a USD 34 million investment proposal for building critical infrastructural and technical capacities in the aquaculture sector of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s. The project document produced under this project considers support to improving aquaculture production and thus strengthening of food security in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The project, if approved, will make a positive contribution to the aims of the Right to Food Guidelines adopted by FAO in 2004

Impact

The planned project is of crucial economic importance for the country’s future, as, by upgrading the country’s technical capacities and infrastructure in aquaculture, it will improve qualitatively and quantitatively aquaculture production, provide food and export commodities and determine expansion of economic activities and increased food security of the people living in the coastal region.

Activities

  • Missions carried out and information gathered by consultants in echinoderms (mainly sea cucumbers), finfish, bivalves and seaweeds.
  • Two consultation meetings held with senior officials of the Ministry of Fisheries in order to discuss the findings of the technical consultants and identify approaches to drafting project document.
  • Project document prepared and submitted to Government of Korea.
Project symbol: GCP/DRK/009/ROK
Project title: Review on aquaculture seed material requirements in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and project formulation for the establishment of selected production facilities including long-term training and capacity building
Contact: FAO Office in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Email: [email protected]
Download PDF: http://www.fao.org/3/a-bs193e.pdf