The United States is Korea’s important trading partner, ranking third (13.7%) in exports of fishery products in Korea. The impact on exports to the United States is expected to be significant if the seafood import provisions under the MMPA are implemented in 2024 accordingly. It is expected that documents proving production information will be required for all items when exporting to the U.S. Therefore, this study attempted to examine the current status of exports and exporters in order to understand the actual conditions of major fishery products exported to the United States. Besides, there are currently no official system and procedures in Korea to prove production information for all fishery items, so we tried to suggest implications by examining distribution channels for major export items to the U.S. In this study, five items including seaweed and halibut as domestic aquaculture items, tuna and squid as deep-sea fishing items, and fish cake using imported raw materials were selected as the target items for distribution channel investigation. In addition, this study is meaningful in that it investigated the routes from production to processing, distribution, and export of each item and identified detailed distribution channel for major items exported to the U.S.

V. parahaemolyticus causes waterborne and foodborne disease such as acute diarrhea. In this study, V. parahaemolyticus isolates from seawater, fish tanks, and distributed fishery products in Jeju were investigated for potential toxin or species-specific genes (tdh, trh, tlh, and toxR) using RT-PCR and their genetic characteristics were analyzed using Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Overall, V. parahaemolyticus of 90 strains (36.7%), including 33 strains from seawater, 8 strains from fish tanks, and 50 strains from fishery products, were isolated from 245 samples. All V. parahaemolyticus strains did not detect the tdh gene, whereas all strains detected tlh or toxR genes. In addition, trh genes were detected in 3 strains from seawater and 1 strain from fishery products. Monthly quantitative testing of seawater revealed that V. parahaemolyticus was positively correlated with water temperature. The 90 strains of V. parahemolyticus obtained in this study showed by gene homology between types, ranging from 64.0–97.3%. Among these, thirteen types showed 100% homology between genes. These results indicate that continuous monitoring is needed to facilitate food poisoning epidemiological investigations because some isolated V. parahaemolyticus strains harbored toxin genes and V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from seawater, fish tanks, and distributed fishery products showed genetic similarity.

The Korean tariff rate for fishery products is a single tax rate of 10% for live fish and frozen seafood, and 20% for all others. Since FTAs have been concluded with several countries, the tariffs is not an appropriate means to protect domestic fishery producers. The differential tariff rate according to the scientific name (genus) of the fishery products, which was implemented 30 years ago to protect fishery products produced in the Korean coastal waters has lost its original purpose. It seems that future fishery trade policy should focus on IUU prevention, hygiene and safety of consumers rather than protecting fishery producers through customs tariffs. This paper suggest that a paradigm shift in the fishery producers protection policies such as direct financial support from the state, protection and development of fishery resources, and support for fostering the 6th industry rather than indirect protection through tariffs.

The introduction of the wholesalers system is being considered from various aspects in order to improve the problems of the listed auction system of wholesale corporations. The wholesalers system is a corporation that receives designation from the creator and purchases or consigns agricultural and fishery products to wholesale or broker sales, and has the advantage of reducing the distribution stage and distribution costs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the wholesalers system introduced to improve the problems of the listed auction system of wholesale corporations through a case study of market wholesalers handling fishery products.

The effect of change in exchange rates on an economy is very important, especially, to a small open economy like South Korea. I explore whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have positive influences on exchange rate-pass through import price of import market for fishery products in South Korea. Competition among FTA partners is enhanced after FTAs are effective. I expect that the extent to which are exchange rate pass-through (hereafter, ERPT) into import price of fishery products (in terms of Korea currency) would be reduced since the import market for fishery products in South Korea is an oligopolistic market. Specifically, I　investigate two research questions with six South Korea’s FTA partners─Norway, Thailand, Peru, U.S., China and Vietnam. First, whether the extent to which are exchange rate pass-through into import price of fishery products from six FTA partners would decrase in the post-FTA era; seconds, the size of reduction has a negative relation with the size of their market share in the import market for fishery products in South Korea if it decreases. The empirical results indicate that the degree of ERPT into import price from other FTA partners than Norway has been reduced after FTA, statistically and significantly; however, I do not find the evidence that the size of reduction is related to their market share. The findings in this study imply that FTAs have negative effects on producers’ economic welfare in South Korea’s fishery industry by reducing the extent to which are exchange rate pass-through as well as reducing tariff barriers.

The proportions of both the fishery industry and the gross regional domestic product in the national economy are gradually decreasing. If high value-added processed fishery products suitable for regional characteristics are developed, these proportions can be improved. In pursuit of this, it is first necessary to discover processed fishery products specialized in each region and then establish a development framework for them. In this study, location coefficient was used to find processed fishery products specialized in each region. Then, dynamic shift-share analysis was used to establish a development framework which consisted of four development types of processed fishery products. Based on the magnitudes of the industrial mix effect and the regional shift effect, the supporting strategy directions were proposed for four development types of processed fishery products. The supporting strategy directions were all focused on revitalizing the local economy.

건조 수산가공식품의 안전성 확보를 위해 2020년 경기도 내 유통 중인 건조 수산가공식품 12품목 120건을 수거하여 방사능(131I, 134Cs, 137Cs) 및 중금속(납, 카드뮴, 비소, 수은) 함량을 분석하였다. 모든 시료에서 자연 방사성 핵종 중 하나인 40K만 검출되었으며, 인공 방사성 물질인 131I, 134Cs, 137Cs는 최소검출가능농도(MDA) 이하의 값을 나타내었다. 중금속의 평균 함량[평균±표준편차(최소값-최대값)]은 생물로 환산하였을 때 납 0.066±0.065(N.D.-0.332) mg/kg, 카드뮴 0.200±0.406(N.D.-2.941) mg/kg, 비소 3.630 ±3.170(0.371-15.007) mg/kg, 수은 0.009±0.011(0.0005-0.0621) mg/kg 이었으며, 수산물에서 중금속 기준이 있는 제품의 경우 모두 기준 규격 이내로 나타났다. 국내산 제품과 수입산 제품의 중금속 함량은, 조개의 카드뮴과 새우의 수은 함량에서만 유의적인 차이를 나타내었다(P<0.05). 본 연구 결과, 유통 중인 건조 수산가공식품에서 방사능 및 중금속은 안전한 수준인 것으로 판단되나, 식품 중 특히 수산물에서 방사능 오염에 대한 국민의 우려가 크기 때문에 국민들의 불안감 해소를 위해 방사능 검사는 지속적으로 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 또 향후 건조 수산가공식품 중에서도 건조된 형태로 직접 섭취 가능한 제품의 중금속 관리 기준 설정을 위한 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

In this study, the differences of institutional development processes of fishery products wholesale markets were compared between Korea and Japan in order to suggest improvement direction of trading system in Korea. The wholesale markets have shrunk while wholesale and distribution has been becoming larger in size in both countries. A summary of differences in the wholesale market trading systems between Korea and Japan is as follows: first, middle wholesalers play pivotal roles in wholesale transaction in Korea, and wholesale corporations take such roles in Japan. Second, most wholesale corporations take charge of listing in Korea whereas such corporations are in charge of buying in Japan. Third, Korea has high proportion of auction for transactions, in contrast to Japan with high proportion of relative transactions. Forth, Korea maintains more sales within the wholesale markers and has more small and medium customers than Japan. Finally, Korea investigates inside causes to find solutions for the decreased competitive power of the wholesale market, whereas Japan copes with the problem by searching for outside customers. To seek solutions for the decreased competitiveness of Korean fishery products wholesale markets, middle wholesalers’ consignment should be limitedly allowed, and improvement direction of wholesale corporations should be investigated in the future study.

I explore that South Korea’s major import fishery product markets-frozen hairtail, frozen mackerel, frozen pollock and frozen squid-are integrated by testing whether there is favorable evidence of the law of one price (LOP). Unlike previous studies on the LOP for fishery product markets, I assume non-zero import costs and include them in a trade model. To explore whether LOP holds for major import fishery product markets in South Korea with non-zero import costs, I utilize a non-linear time-series model, Smooth Transition Autoregressive (STAR) model with the sample periods from January in 2002 to December in 2019. I find that the behaviors of home-foreign price (i.e., import price) differentials of all four major import fishery products are non-linear depending on whether trade occurs and favorable evidence of LOP for each import market in South Korea. These findings indicate that each of South Korea’s major import fishery product markets is integrated. They imply that the supply of each major import fishery product-frozen hairtail, frozen pollock, frozen mackerel and frozen squid, and their prices are stable even if there is an economic shock on each market. When it comes to trade policy implications, the Korean trade policy including tariffs or quotas against their import countries for the four major import fishery products may not have influences on their price in the markets.

본 연구에서는 2018년 충남지역에서 생산, 출하되는 수산물에 대해 잔류동물용의약품 실태를 조사하였다. 수산물 115건을 대상으로 식품공전 수산물 중 동물용의약품 동시 다성분 시험법으로 분석이 가능한 29종의 잔류동물 용의약품을 분석하였다. 115건의 수산물 중 9건에서 6종의 잔류동물용의약품이 검출되었으며, 검출률은 7.8%이었다. 검출된 잔류동물용의약품은 옥소린산, 엔로플록사신이 가장 많이 검출되었으며 시프로플록사신, 설파디아진, 플루메퀸, 옥시테트라사이클린이 각각 검출되었다. 미꾸라지 검체 1건에서 엔로플록사신이 잔류기준을 초과하였으나 전체적으로 안전한 수준으로 평가되었다. 그렇지만 잔류 동물용의약품 검출률이 높아지는 추세이고 종류 또한 다양해지고 있어 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다.

본 연구는 2019년 국내에서 유통되는 수산물 198건(학교급식 수산물 121건, 유통 77건)에 대하여 히스타민 등 8종의 바이오제닉아민(BAs) 함량을 분석하였다. 또한, 삼치, 고등어, 연어에 대하여 시간, 온도와 염 처리에 따른 BAs 함량 변화를 관찰하였다. 수산물의 평균 히스타민 함량은 0.4±2.3 mg/kg이었으며, 모두 히스타민 기준 200 mg/kg이내 이었다. MOE를 산출하여 위해성을 평가한 결과, MOE가 1 이상으로 학교급식 수산물은 안전한 것으로 평가되었다. 시간과 온도에 따른 생선의 BAs 함량 변화는 시간과 온도가 증가함에 따라 증가하는 경향 을 나타내었으며, 히스타민 함량이 30oC에서 144 mg/kg(삼치, 36시간)과 308 mg/kg(고등어, 24시간)로 급격히 증가하였다. 또한, 삼치, 고등어와 연어를 4oC와 -20oC에 보관한 결과, 4oC에서는 3일까지, -20oC에서는 14일까지 모두 히스타민이 검출되지 않았다. 생선의 염 처리에 따른 BAs 함량 변화는 염을 처리한 삼치와 고등어에서 염을 처리하지 않은 삼치와 고등어보다 히스타민 등 BAs 함량이 낮게 나타났다.

본 연구는 국내에서 생산되거나 해외에서 수입되어 국내에서 유통되는 수산물 중에서 두족류를 문어류, 낙지류, 오징어류, 주꾸미류, 꼴뚜기류의 5개 그룹으로 구분하여 분석하였다. 두족류 5개 그룹을 판별을 하기 위해 미토콘드리아에 존재하는 유전자를 분석하였고, 그 중에서 COI (mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I), 16s rRNA (16s ribosomal RNA), 12s rRNA (12s ribosomal RNA) 내에서 상당히 유사한 DNA 서열 부분과 일부 서열 변화 부분이 확인되었다. 명확하게 두족류 5개 그룹 판별을 하기 위해 COI, 16s rRNA, 12s rRNA 유전자의 일부 서열 변화 부분에서 그룹 특이적 프라이머 세트를 디자인하였다. 국내·외에서 확보한 두족류 시료(참문어, 낙지, 살오징어, 아메리카 대왕오징어, 갑오징어, 주꾸미, 모래주꾸미, 하이야주꾸미, 참꼴뚜기, 창꼴뚜기, 한치꼴뚜기)의 genomic DNA을 추출하여 각 그룹의 특이적 프라이머를 이용하여 SYBR 기반의 real-time PCR 시스템에 의해 분석되었고, threshold cycle (Ct) value와 같은 real-time PCR 결과 분석에 의해 두족류 내 그룹 판별이 가능하였다(Table 3).

The aim of the present work was to develop simultaneous methods of quantification of carazolol, azaperone, and azaperol residues in livestock and fishery products using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Samples were extracted from beef, pork, chicken, egg, milk and shrimp using acetonitrile (ACN); while flat fish and eel were extracted using 80% ACN. For purification, ACN saturated n-hexane was used to remove fat composition. The standard calibration curves showed good linearity as correlation coefficients; r 2 was > 0.99. Average recoveries expressed were within the range of 67.9-105% for samples fortified at three different levels (0.5 × MRL, 1 × MRL and 2 × MRL). The correlation coefficient expressed as precision was within the range of 0.55- 7.93%. The limit of quantification (LOQ) was 0.0002-0.002 mg/kg. The proposed analytical method showed high accuracy and acceptable sensitivity based on Codex guideline requirements (CAC/GL71-2009). This method can be used to analyze the residue of carazolol, azaperone, and azaperol in livestock and fishery products.

본 연구에서는 우리나라 식품공전에서 불검출 물질로 관리하고 있는 니트로빈(nitrovin)에 대해 고감도 정량·정성 분석이 가능한 LC-MS/MS를 적용하여 적합한 분석법을 제시하고자 하였다. 수산물 시료는 아세토니트릴/물로 추 출하고 아세토니트릴 포화 헥산으로 지방을 제거하여 고상추출 카트리지를 적용하여 정제하였다. 분석물질은 전기분무이온화방법의 positive mode에서 이온화하여 MRM 조건을 확립하여 분석하였다. 개선된 시험법은 CODEX CAC/GL-71 가이드라인에 따라서 정확성, 정밀성, 직선성, 정량한계에 대한 검증을 통하여 유효성을 확인하였다. 본 실험에서의 정량한계는 0.001 mg/kg 수준이며, 정량한계를 포함하는 표준시료에서 얻어진 검량선의 상관계수(r2)는 0.985 이상으로 시험법의 직선성이 유효함을 판단할 수 있었다. 또한, 수산물(넙치, 장어 및 새우) 시료에 대한 니트 로빈의 평균 회수율과 변동 계수는 72.1~122%, 2.9~16.9% 로 확인되어 정확성 및 정밀성이 CODEX가이드라인에 부합하였다. 따라서, 개선된 니트로빈 정량분석법은 수산물 중 니트로빈을 분석하는데 적합하며, 니트로빈에 대한 지속적인 잔류실태조사에 활용되어 수산물 중 니트로빈의 안전관리에 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

본 연구는 국내 생산 및 수입 양식 수산물에 대해 잔류 할 수 있는 향정신성 의약품인 디아제팜 대한 안전관리 강화기반을 위해 마련되었다. 중국인민공화국 국가 표준 시험법(GB 29697-2013)을 기반으로 전처리 방법을 개선 하여 GC-MS/MS 시험법을 확립하였으며, LC-MS/MS 방 법과의 기기간 검증을 통해 확립된 시험법의 선택성, 정량한계 및 회수율에 대한 검증을 통해 디아제팜 시험법으로서의 유효성을 확인하였다. LC-MS/MS의 경우 아세토니트릴로 추출 후 PSA를 이용해 정제하였고, GC-MS/MS의 경우 아세토니트릴로 추 출후 C18카트리지를 이용해 정제하였다. 디아제팜은 표준용액을 정량한계를 포함한 농도에 따라 검량선을 작성한 결과 두 기기 모두 r2> 0.99 이상의 직선성을 확인하였다. 본 실험에서의 검출한계와 정량한계는 LC-MS/MS 및 GCMS/ MS 모두 0.0004 mg/kg, 0.001 mg/kg 수준이었으며, 평균 회수율은 각각 99.8~106%, 109~124%이었다. 또한, 분석오차는 모두 15% 이하로 정확성 및 재현성이 우수하였 으며, CODEX 가이드라인 규정에 만족하는 수준이었다. 따라서 개발된 시험법은 안전한 수산물의 국내 유통과 잔 류실태조사를 위해 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

Although the main objective of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) is market integration among member countries, there are limited studies supporting this impact. Our study explores whether FTA has enhanced market integration between South Korea and its FTA partners, focusing on South Korea’s fishery product import market. We investigate two research questions concerning FTA impacts: first, whether trade costs declined when South Korea imported fishery products from its FTA partners after the FTA; second, if the speed of the convergence of South Korea-its FTA partners’price differential of imported fishery products on trade costs result to occur more quickly after the FTA. To determine these outcomes, we utilize a Threshold Autoregressive Model covering the sample periods from January 2002 to April 2017. Our findings demonstrate the effects of FTA on market integration are different among FTA partners. FTA has enhanced the market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam, and Spain, respectively, but not for others. Therefore, we find positive evidence of FTA on fishery import market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam and Spain, respectively.

The aim of this study was to determine total mercury and methyl mercury level in fishes (Deepsea Fish, Tuna, Billfish) and fishery products. A total of 101 fishes and 44 fishery products samples collected from commercial market in Gyeonggi-do. Total mercury were analysed by mercury analyzer and methyl mercury were analyzed by gas chromatography with electron capture detector. In the fishes, total mercury was detected in all samples and methylmercury was detected in 92 samples of them. The detection rate of methylmercury was 91.1% in fishes. The mean concentration (mg/kg) of total mercury and methylmercury were 1.968 ± 0.505/0.496 ± 0.057 for Billfish, 0.665 ± 0.091/0.252 ± 0.033 for Deep-sea Fish and 0.577 ± 0.085/0.218 ± 0.025 for Tuna, respectively. The Swordfish contains the highest level of total mercury (1.968 mg/kg) and methylmercury (0.496 mg/kg). In Mabled rockfish, the ratio of methylmercury’s contents about total mercury’s contents was the highest as 66.5%. In case of fishery products, frozens made of 100% of raw material contained the highest level of total mercury and methyl mercury. The weekly intake of total mercury and methylmercury was calculated in 4.72% and 5.24% of Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) respectively. This study showed that the weekly intake of methylmercury from Deep-sea Fish, Tuna and Billfish was less than the PTWI recommended by the Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives.