{"id":47717,"date":"2026-06-10T03:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/47717\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T03:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:15:11","slug":"dongwon-industries-to-distribute-domestic-fresh-bluefin-tuna-via-hypermarkets-naver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/47717\/","title":{"rendered":"Dongwon Industries to Distribute Domestic Fresh Bluefin Tuna via Hypermarkets, Naver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of Dongwon Industries - Seoul Economic Daily Finance News from South Korea\" title=\"Dongwon Industries to Distribute Domestic Fresh Bluefin Tuna via Hypermarkets, Naver\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto rounded-sm\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:contain;object-position:center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-p.v1.20260610.ba6346742cd44801b88bd1cd0ef97cf0_P1.jpg\"\/>Photo courtesy of Dongwon Industries<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Dongwon Industries is ramping up distribution of domestically caught bluefin tuna and introducing fresh bluefin tuna sashimi, the company said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">According to Dongwon Industries, bluefin tuna catches in Korea&#8217;s coastal and offshore waters have been rising due to recent climate change and warming sea temperatures, but fishermen have struggled to secure sales channels due to a lack of distribution infrastructure. In July last year, 181 tons (about 1,400 fish) were caught at once in waters off Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, exceeding the 150-ton bluefin tuna quota. A significant portion of the catch was discarded after failing to be distributed in time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">To address this problem, Dongwon Industries will directly purchase domestic bluefin tuna and commercialize it, drawing on 57 years of accumulated tuna processing know-how and its cold chain (low-temperature distribution) logistics network. In particular, the fresh bluefin tuna sashimi being introduced does not undergo freezing at any stage from catch to distribution, enhancing freshness and flavor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">In March this year, Dongwon Industries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Large Purse Seine Fishery Cooperative, establishing a cooperative framework to revitalize the distribution of domestic bluefin tuna. Through this, the company plans to build a supply chain spanning catching, processing, and distribution, while supporting Korean fishermen in securing stable sales channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Consumers can purchase domestic fresh bluefin tuna sashimi through major distribution channels including E-Mart, Lotte Mart, and Hyundai Department Store, as well as the Naver Brand Store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8220;Climate change is raising the utilization value of fishery resources secured in Korea&#8217;s coastal and offshore waters,&#8221; a Dongwon Industries official said. &#8220;We plan to continue expanding the domestic seafood distribution foundation based on mutual prosperity with fishermen.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Dongwon Industries Dongwon Industries is ramping up distribution of domestically caught bluefin tuna and introducing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[623],"tags":[27945,27947,27944,16191,27946,27948,657,16630,27949],"class_list":["post-47717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-naver","tag-bluefin-tuna","tag-cold-chain","tag-dongwon-industries","tag-e-mart","tag-fresh-tuna-sashimi","tag-korean-fisheries","tag-naver","tag-naver-brand-store","tag-seafood-distribution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}