Selected for Wando Gogeum Area Comprehensive Fishing Village Development Project, Securing 6.9 Billion KRW

Projects Promoting the Establishment of Oyster 6th Industrialization Bases in Hangdong, Hwaseong, and Cheokchan Village

Comprehensive Plan Bird's-eye View of Wando Gogeum Area Fishing Village Comprehensive Development Project (Photo by Wando-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 4th that the Gogeum Area (Hangdong, Hwaseong, Cheokchan Village) Comprehensive Fishing Village Development Project was finally selected in the 2021 General Agricultural and Fishing Village Development Contest hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

Accordingly, from 2021 to 2024, a total project cost of 6.9 billion KRW will be invested over four years to promote the comprehensive fishing village development project.

The General Agricultural and Fishing Village Development Project, a key policy of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, aims to create a sustainable fishing village economy by improving residential conditions through the expansion of basic living infrastructure and developing regionally specialized resources to increase fishing village income.

The selected Gogeum Area hub development project, under the theme "Tangle-Tangle Golden Sea Community," meticulously planned the project in cooperation with residents since last year by discovering regionally superior resources, achieving the great success of being selected in the contest.

The three villages in the Gogeum Area?Hangdong, Hwaseong, and Cheokchan?are famous oyster production sites. Through this contest project, they plan to promote projects such as "Establishing a hub for the 6th industrialization of oysters," "Recycling oyster shells and improving the fishing village environment," and "Community by generation and revitalization of return-to-fishing and return-to-village," aiming to create a "self-reliant fishing village where anyone wants to live."

To promote the project, a recycling facility for oyster shell resources will be established, and the poor environment oyster processing site, currently made of vinyl greenhouses that are hard to withstand the cold, will be replaced with a modern building equipped with oyster washers, shower facilities, and rest areas.

Additionally, meeting spaces for young housewives settling in the fishing village, as well as expanded cultural, leisure, and welfare facilities, will be provided. Educational and play spaces for children and adolescents will be created, and with the steady increase of young generations moving in, a youth return-to-fishing and return-to-village vitality center will be established to serve as a communication and exchange space.

Along with this, a communal fishing gear storage facility will be installed to prevent various nets and fishing gear within the area from being left disorderly, and a collection facility for marine debris, the main cause of fishing village environmental damage, will be established.

Shin Woo-cheol, Governor of Wando County, stated, "Securing a large project budget of 6.9 billion KRW through the selection of the contest project for building fishing village infrastructure and improving living conditions is very meaningful," and added, "We will do our best to create a fishing village with a future through solid project implementation."

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