MOF to Support the Construction of Smart Factories for Fishery Food Products

Collaboration with MSS to provide support for building smart factories and support for acquiring international certification, acquiring integrated brands for exporting fishery products, and providing unique corporate support services

 The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Kang Do-hyung) announced that it will recruit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and intermediate seafood manufacturing companies to participate in the 2025 Seafood Smart Factory* Construction Support Project by mid-April.

 * Smart Factory: A factory that integrates all operational processes from product planning to sales using ICT technology

 The Inter-Ministerial Collaborative Support Project for Building Smart Factories for Fishery Products is a comprehensive (package) support project that links the support for building smart factories from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and MOF’s unique corporate support services. Notably, the "Fishery Food" sector is newly established this year, seeking to select around 15 seafood manufacturing companies and provide up to KRW 200 million per company (50% of the total project cost) to support the construction of smart factories.

 After the smart factory construction, MOF plans to provide practical support with services such as assisting companies in acquiring international certifications like overseas food standards and acquiring the integrated seafood export brand (K-Fish) to help them expand to export markets.

 “Given the increasing global interest in Korean fishery products such as laver, there is a growing need to supply fishery products that meet international standards and tastes in a timely manner. Through this inter-ministerial collaboration project, we aim to promote the smart transformation of seafood manufacturing companies, enhance the value-added of our export items—which are primarily raw materials—and increase our share in the global market. The government will continue to expand support for seafood companies,” Minister Kang Do-hyung said.