Fish exportation using airplanes incurs sizable logistics costs (12,000KRW/kg), according for more than 45% out of the total export cost. Thus, it is unreasonable to quantitatively expand fish exportation by means of air transport. In addition, cases of failing to deliver fish at the right time to the right place occurs frequently due to the limited cargo capacity and insufficient cargo space of airplanes, especially during the peak season. Therefor, a technology that not only minimizes the logistics costs but also transports fish freshly and safely, in the case of long distance exportation to countries such as the United States and Taiwan, should be developed. In this study, a live fish container control system for long distance transportation was designed and implemented. Live flatfish (2,000kg) were selected as the target fish, were transported to the United States to analyze and verify the performance of the a live fish container control system and transportation ability.

• 구자선(국립수산과학원 시스템공학과) | Jasun KOO (Division of Fisheries System Engineering, Institute of National Fisheries Research and Development, Busan 619-705, Korea)
• 박태일(국립수산과학원 시스템공학과) | Taeil PARK (Division of Fisheries System Engineering, Institute of National Fisheries Research and Development, Busan 619-705, Korea)
• 박성욱(국립수산과학원 시스템공학과) | Seongwook PARK (Division of Fisheries System Engineering, Institute of National Fisheries Research and Development, Busan 619-705, Korea)
• 김성훈 | Seonghun KIM
• 배재현(국립수산과학원 시스템공학과) | Jaehyun BAE (Division of Fisheries System Engineering, Institute of National Fisheries Research and Development, Busan 619-705, Korea)
• 이경훈(국립수산과학원 시스템공학과) | Kyounghoon LEE (Division of Fisheries System Engineering, Institute of National Fisheries Research and Development, Busan 619-705, Korea)
• 양용수 | Yongsu YANG Corresponding author