Wando-gun Operates Export Company Promotion Booth at International Fisheries and Food Expo

Promoting the Excellence of Wando Seafood, Including Abalone and Seaweed, with 9 Local Companies

[Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, is participating in the '2022 Seoul International Fisheries & Seafood Expo' held at COEX from the 18th to the 20th, promoting the excellence of Wando seafood produced in the clean sea to domestic and international audiences.

According to the county on the 18th, the Seoul International Fisheries & Seafood Expo is the largest fisheries food exhibition in Korea and a business venue where domestic and international seafood buyers, experts, and distribution companies exchange. Wando-gun participates annually to promote local seafood companies and develop sales channels.

This year, the county operates a joint pavilion promotional booth with nine export companies.

The nine export companies are Nuri Fishery Cooperative Corporation, Dasima Abalone Fisheries, Wando Sarang S&F, Haecheongjeong, Segyero Fisheries, Wando Da, Heungil Food, and Haeseong International.

At the promotional booth, various Wando seafood products such as abalone chowder, abalone gambas, and flatfish porridge are showcased to domestic and international buyers and consumers.

Additionally, the county separately operates a promotional space for ASC, an international certification for eco-friendly seafood, striving to highlight the excellence of Wando abalone, the first in Asia to receive ASC certification, and seaweed, the world's first and largest to receive ASC-MSC certification.

A visitor who purchased products while touring the Wando-gun joint pavilion said, "I already knew that Wando abalone and kelp were good, but the variety of convenient meals suited to recent trends felt fresh."

Wando plans to strengthen the development of sales channels for export companies through joint pavilion operations at international exhibitions held domestically and abroad in the future and to implement various support policies to lead to exports.