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Lee Yeun-sik
  • FieldOther / Marine Fish Aquaculture
  • CountryKorea

 

A fisheries technology expert leading the modernization of Korea’s aquaculture industry through the development of proprietary aquaculture technologies

 

∙ CEO, Haeu Aquaculture

∙ First in Korea to successfully farm tiger pufferfish (1992)

∙ First in Korea to successfully farm one million mackerel (1999)

∙ Independently developed an automatic fish feed dispenser (2010)

∙ Recipient of the Order of Industrial Service Merit (Iron Tower) (2018), for contributions to national industrial development through fisheries promotion

∙ Independently developed an automatic fish sorting machine (2019)

∙ Received multiple commendations from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Namhae County, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Masan Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries

∙ Featured on Mokpo MBC “Eoyoungcha, Sea!”, KBS “Current Affairs Magazine”, and EBS “Extreme Jobs”