To effectively respond to IUU(Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) fishing, Korea is pursuing bilateral cooperations with EU, Thailand and Taiwan, Province of China. Domestically, it will introduce Catch Documentation Scheme on species that are vulnerable to IUU fishing including croaker, saury and the species that can disturb the domestic market during the first half of this year.
At the same time, it is operating a fisheries resources restoration program in which the government established a recommendation for the restoration process based on a scientific evidence on 16 species, and it is also collecting and disposing lost and sunken fishing gears that can cause the depletion of fisheries through a project to improve the fishing ground in the coastal areas.
Furthermore, it is continuing its effort to establish marine ranching and marine forest, and implementing co-management fisheries to help fishermen manage the resources by themselves.