Preparing for the Registration of Seomjingang Jaecheop Hand-net Fishing as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System

Hadong-gun and Gwangyang-si Jointly Submit Registration Application to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Aiming for Registration in June... Four Domestic Sites Including Hadong Traditional Tea Agriculture Designated

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Son Tae-seok] Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do is accelerating preparations for the registration of the ‘Hadong·Gwangyang Seomjingang Jeopcheop Jabi Sontle Fishery’ as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.

Hadong-gun announced on the 21st that it is preparing to register the Sontle fishery, which was designated as the 7th National Important Fishery Heritage by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in November 2018, as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by June this year.

Preparations are underway to register the Hadong and Gwangyang Seomjingang Jeopcheopjabi hand net fishing as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. The photo shows officials who have finished hand net fishing posing for a commemorative photo.

Last April, the county jointly launched a project with Gwangyang-si for the registration of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, and since July of the same year, it has formed a TF team including advisory committees from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and Hadong·Gwangyang’s own advisory committees to carry out registration preparations.

On the 16th, the county submitted the application for registration as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System is a program designated and operated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) since 2002 to pass on globally important agricultural and fishery areas that have developed and formed over centuries to future generations.

Currently, 57 sites are registered across 21 countries on 5 continents including Asia, Africa, South America, the Middle East, and Europe.

In South Korea, four sites have been designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: Wando Cheongsando Guduljang Rice Terraces, Jeju Batdam, Hadong Traditional Tea Agriculture, and Geumsan Traditional Ginseng Agriculture.

The registration application submitted by Hadong-gun will go through a domestic review committee, then be forwarded to the UN FAO, followed by document evaluation and on-site visits by the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System officers and technical committee, and finally the decision on registration will be made through the review of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System Executive Committee.

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