Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Re-selects Pohang as Venue for '2021 Fisheries Day Commemoration' Event

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on the 19th that Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, has been selected as the host city for the '10th Fisheries Day Commemoration Event in 2021.'

The host city for the Fisheries Day commemoration event is usually decided by soliciting candidates in the previous year, followed by on-site investigations and deliberations by the selection committee. As a result of the selection committee's review in October this year, Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, was finally chosen as the host city for the 2021 event.

Fisheries Day (April 1 every year) began in 1969 as Fishermen's Day, was integrated into Farmers' Day in 1973, and was revived as Fishermen's Day again in 2011. Subsequently, according to the 'Framework Act on the Development of Fisheries and Fishing Villages' enacted in May 2015, the name was changed to Fisheries Day, and government-level commemorative events have been held annually.

This year, the 9th Fisheries Day commemoration event was planned to be held in Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, but was inevitably canceled due to the impact of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Therefore, Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, was reselected as the host city for next year's commemoration event.

Lee Kyung-gyu, Director of Fisheries Policy at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, said, "I hope that next year, as the COVID-19 situation improves, we will be able to hold the Fisheries Day commemoration event as a nationwide grand festival of seafood to overcome the difficult economic situation in the fisheries industry."

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