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KIOST
- Operates the Korea Marine Biodiversity Information System (KoMBIS) covering about 9,800 scientific names and some 3,000 synonyms.
- Is building the Korea Ocean Biodiversity Information System (KOBIS).
- Preserves useful fisheries and marine species for gene analysis.
- Conducts ecological surveys of marine environments, including wetlands such as tidal flats.
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NIFS
- Conducts surveys, testing and research on fisheries; implements marine biosecurity; manages marine plant varieties; and provides extension and dissemination of fisheries technologies.
- Performs R&D on aquaculture and biotechnology related to useful marine species, as well as R&D on the hygiene, safety and utilization of marine products.
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FIRA
- Protects and fosters fisheries resources; manages fishing grounds; and researches, develops, and disseminates related technologies.
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MABIK
- Secures marine biological resources and builds an integrated network for resource-related information.
- Restores and propagates protected marine species, and rescues and releases marine animals during disasters.
- Lays the foundation for the industrialization of marine bioresources.
