South Korea expands ``fishery product support budget'' to 500 billion won by releasing treated water

As the consumption of marine products is expected to stagnate due to the release of "radioactively treated water" from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean, the South Korean government has embarked on assistance to affected fishermen and related merchants. Next year's support budget is 50
It has expanded to about 0 billion won (about 55.18 billion yen), and has already requested the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (Ministry of Finance) to organize a reserve fund.
According to the South Korean government on the 25th, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries) recently requested the Ministry of Strategy and Finance to compile a reserve fund for supporting marine products. this year
The budget for treated water of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is approximately 370 billion won (approximately 40.83 billion yen). About 290 billion won (approximately 32 billion yen) of this is stockpiling marine products and issuing consumption coupons.
used for rows. Next year's related budget will increase by about 200 billion won (about 22.7 billion yen). The reason why the South Korean government is increasing its budget is that the fisheries industry is suffering from the discharge of treated water.
It is for Related agencies estimate that the consumption of marine products will decrease by more than 40%. According to the results of a survey of 1,000 merchants conducted by the Jeju Research Institute,
The decrease in consumption reaches an average of 46.7%. Applying these results, if the treated water were to be released, the annual damage to the Korean fishing industry would be 3.72 trillion won (approximately 401.53 billion won).
million yen). As of 2021, South Korea's seafood production was 7.96 trillion won (approximately 878.45 billion yen).