This study utilizes the IPA (Importance-Performance Analysis) method to assess the importance, possibility, and urgency of using blockchain technology for fisheries sectors and the related policies. Based on a field survey targeting experts and stakeholders in the fisheries and blockchain technology sectors, the following major results and corresponding implications are drawn. First of all, the respondents of our survey have an outlook that the introduction and utilization of blockchain will be required in four major parts. These parts include i) the seafood’ information system managed by the government or public institutions, ii) traceability and certification process for domestic and foreign seafoods, iii) meeting the need of seafood safety from consumers, and iv) taking prompt actions to seafood safety related accidents. Next, the seafood information system managed by the government or public institutions has been limited in maintaining information consistency and continuity once the fisheries ministries and departments are integrated, closed or partially transferred. Thus, it is assessed that the technology will be able to improve consistency and continuity of the seafood information in case of applying blockchain to the seafood information management system. This result that blockchain is necessary for the seafood information system have a significant implication in Korea’s seafood management which has been independently controlled until now. Lastly, the application of blockchain to seafood traceability and certification systems has the most well-known cases through international and domestic pilot projects, and the results of our survey reflect this reality. Our results contribute to showing an additonal characteristics of blockchain in the fisheries sector, resulting in the possiblity that blockchain can be used for taking swift steps in the event of seafood safety accidents and meeting the need of seafood consumers for safety.

Abstract
I. 서 론
Ⅱ. 주요 선행연구 및 사례
    1. 주요 선행연구
    2. 주요 사례
Ⅲ. 수산분야 블록체인기술 도입 필요성
    1. 블록체인기술의 발전과 전망
    2. 블록체인기술 관련 정책 전망
    3. 수산분야 블록체인기술 도입 필요성
Ⅳ. 실증분석
    1. 조사 목적, 대상·방법 및 기간
    2. 조사 항목 및 구성
    3. 방법론과 중요도 설정
    4. 분석결과
Ⅴ. 결 론
REFERENCES

• 고동훈(한국해양수산개발원 수산연구본부) | Dong-Hun Go (Korea Maritime Institute)
• 김종천(부경대학교 경제학부) | Jong-Cheon Kim (Division of Economics, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Pukyong National University) Corresponding author