S. Korea's fisheries output up 1.6 percent in H1
 
 South Korea's fisheries output grew 1.6 percent in the 
first half of this year from a year earlier thanks to 
increased deep-water catches, government data showed 
Thursday 21 of August 2014.

 

Fisheries production amounted to 1.81 million tons in the 
January-June 2014 period, up from the previous year's 1.74 
million tons, according to data from Statistics Korea.

Deep-water fishing jumped 21.6 percent on-year to 361,000 
tons, while fishing farm output shrank 4 percent as 
relatively high temperatures in coastal areas hurt the 
seaweed harvest, the data showed.

The estimated value of the catches declined from a year 
earlier due to more catches of low-priced fish.