The production of abalone seed has grown and been specialized since the 2000s with the growth of the abalone farming industry. Despite the increase in the production of abalone seeds, the sales volume of abalone seeds remained flat and competition among producers increased. This paper will analyze the management efficiency of abalone seed production fishery to diagnose the management status and improve the abalone seed production efficiency. In addition, this study is the result of the basic research on the abalone seed industry and it is meaningful to prepare a platform for further research since the management status survey and the management efficiency survey of abalone seed production fishery have not been conducted until now. The data on the farmed fish prices of abalone seeds were collected from surveys of sample fish as part of the fish seed observation project conducted by the Fisheries Outlook Center (FOC) of Korea Maritime and Fisheries Development Institute (KMI). Management efficiency analysis utilizes DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model. The DEA model was analyzed by classifying into CCR (Super-CCR), BCC, and SBM (Super-SBM) models according to the assumptions taking into account the characteristics of the industry. The slack considered in the SBM model was judged as possible decreases in input variables and increase in output variables. The average efficiency from the CCR model was analyzed to be 69%. The BCC model was classified into input and output orientations, and the average efficiency was 79% and 75%, respectively. There were seven production fisheries with an SE value of 1 or more, which remained unchanged in terms of size and could be benchmarked. The average efficiency of the SBM model was 59% for CRS and 66% for VRS. Under the VRS assumptions, the variable increase/decrease efficiency analysis shows that labor costs can be reduced by 37.3%, facility capacity by 18.8%, and operating costs by 8.5%. In order to improve management efficiency, Wando needs to reduce labor and management costs. In Jindo region, sales increase as well as labor cost reduction is urgent. In other regions, reduced facilities and increased sales are recommended.

The objective of this study was to investigate the quality and sensory characteristics of yanggaeng prepared with different amounts of ginseng paste. Ginseng paste was incorporated with yanggaeng at a range of different levels of 5~15% based on the total weight of water. The pH and total acidity of yanggaeng were 6.35~6.49% and 0.03~0.07%, respectively. The sugar content of yanggaeng in the control was 25.0 °Brix and showed proportional increases up to 25.0~29.7 °Brix with increasing levels of ginseng paste. In terms of the texture profile analysis, the hardness and adhesiveness of yanggaeng decreased but the cohesiveness, gumminess, and chewiness increased compared to the control and ginseng paste added treatments. In color value determination, the L* and a* values decreased but the b* value increased with increasing levels of ginseng paste. The sensory evaluation indicated that the yanggaeng contained up to 15% ginseng paste and showed similar flavor, taste, texture, and overall acceptance in the control. These results suggest that ginseng paste is an ingredient that can enhance the quality and sensory potential of yanggaeng.

Although rice has been cultivated as a major food crop for approximately 5,000 years, the interest of customers in ‘scented rice’ is a recent trend in the Korean market. As a part of developing a germinated scented rice variety, the newly bred scented rice variety ‘Cheonjihyang-1 se’ was germinated for 24 h, and changes in profiles of flavor-related volatiles, lipophilic phytonutrients, and fatty acids were investigated. The profiling of volatile compounds by using a headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS) revealed a total of 56 odor-active flavoring compounds; 52 at the pre-germination stage, 51 at the post-germination stage, and 47 common at both stages. The major flavoring compounds were nonanol and benzene, which constituted 11.5% and 6.6%, respectively, of the total peak area in pre-germinated rice, and 19.4% and 6.5%, respectively, in post-germinated rice. Germination induced an increase in 13 flavoring compounds, including 3,3,5-trimethylheptane and 1-pentadecene, which increased by 763 and 513%, respectively by germination. However, we observed a germination-induced decrease in most of the other flavoring compounds. Especially, the most important scented rice-specific popcorn-flavoring compound, 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, showed 89% decrease due to germination. Furthermore, the germination of scented rice induced a decrease in the content of various phytonutrients. For example, the total contents of phytosterols, squalene, and tocols decreased from 207.97, 31.74, and 25.32 μg g -1 at pre-germination stage down to 136.66, 25.12, and 17.76 μg g -1 , respectively at post-germination stage. The fatty acid compositions were also affected by germination. The composition of three major fatty acids, linoleic, oleic, and palmitic acids, increased from 36.6, 34.2, and 24.4%, respectively, at the pre-germination stage to 37.9, 36.9, and 20.7%, respectively, at the post-germination stage. All these results suggested significant changes in the flavor-related compounds and phytonutrients of the scented rice variety ‘Cheonjihyang-1 se’ during the process of germination, and subsequently the need for developing a more precise process of germination to enhance the flavor and nutritional quality of the germinated scented rice products.

1. 무균포장밥의 종합적 식미에는 외관과 항보다 맛과 조직감의 상관이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 2. 벼 품종별로 무균포장밥의 종합적 식미를 군집분석 한 결과 고품벼, 일품벼, 주남벼, 호평벼, 새추청벼, 상미벼, 삼백벼, 평안벼, 화성벼, 대안벼 및 남평벼가 식미가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 3. 원료쌀 및 무균포장밥의 품질특성이 식미에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위해 상관분석을 실시한 결과 백미의 백도, 명도, 수분함량 등과는 정의 상관을 보이고 팽창용적 및 단백질 함량, 무균포장밥의 황색도 등과는 부의 상관을 보임을 알 수 있었다. 4. 저장기간에 따라 무균포장밥의 경도는 증가하고 응집성은 감소하나, 일단 가열을 한 뒤에는 유의한 물성 차이를 보이지 않았다. 5. 벼 품종 간에 무균포장밥 저장기간에 따른 유의한 품질변화는 나타나지 않았다.