The objective of this study is to establish a direction for smart aquaculture technology development in the Republic of Korea through patent analysis and a demand survey of experts and fishermen. The patent analysis was conducted using Wisdomain for patents in the Republic of Korea, the United States of America, Europe, Japan, and China from 2005 to 2016. This study conducted an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) survey of experts in the fields of fishery, marine, and ICT among others. Furthermore, it carried out a demand survey of 85 fishermen in Jeonnam and Jeju. The smart aquaculture technology market has moderately grown in the Republic of Korea until recently, and it is expected to expand further because of the expansion of national investment in the smart aquaculture field. The priority evaluation results for developing smart aquaculture technology show that land-based aquaculture has a higher priority than sea-based aquaculture. Of the fishermen that responded, 84% said that they need to introduce smart aquaculture technology to solve problems in the supply and demand of manpower, labor cost, and maintenance expenses. The direction of development should lie in developing biological and environment-based standard aquaculture models to spread high-tech systems and vitalize the aquaculture industry. This requires continual training of human resources in the smart aquaculture field.

본 연구의 목적은 언론분석을 통해 해양선박사고 대응을 위한 기술개발 수요를 도출하는 데 있다. 현재까지 해양분야의 기술개발 수요는 주로 Bottom Up 방식을 활용해 연구개발현장에서 필요한 기술수요를 도출하고, 이를 기반으로 기술개발이 이루어지는 방식이 적용되어 왔다. 그러나 이와 같은 방식에 의해 개발된 기술들은 실제 해양선박사고가 발생하였을 때, 현장에서 적용되기 어렵다는 문제가 존재하였다.