National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) is the national comprehensive research institute in oceans and fisheries science with over 100 years of history since 1921 (Won & Kim, 2021). The institute carries out a wide range of research on oceans and fishries, indcluding the marine environment, climate change, fishereis resources, fisheries engineering, aquaculture, aquatic diseases, biotechnology, and seafoods.NIFS is responsible for supporting the fisheries policy and disseminating the technologies through a wide range of marine and fisheries research. For the effective implementation of these responsibilities, NIFS has established its vision of "To achieve sustainable oceans & fisheries with innovative research, To become world class research institute", as well as four strategic directions: (1) Sustainable growth; (2) Enhancing climate changerelated research & field technology; (3) Advanced convergence technology; and (4) Strengthening domestic & foreign cooperation.This special issue of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (FAS) includes 5 articles representing the above strategic directions of NIFS in 2022. I would like to introduce theses five achievements.The first achievement applying to the strategic direction (1) "Sustainable growth" is related to the efforts for the conservation and management of fisheries resources. This study tried to attach the tracking transmitter to the seal, aming to monitor the movements of a spotted seal and provide understanding into