Shinan-gun Selected for Two Sites in the 2021 Fishing Village New Deal Project

Secured 22.8 Billion Won in Project Funds by 2023

Scenic view of Shinan-gun Office (Photo by Shinan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 10th that it has been selected as a new target port for the ‘2021 Fishing Village New Deal Project’ with two locations, securing a project budget of 22.8 billion KRW (16 billion KRW national funds, 6.8 billion KRW local funds).

The ‘Fishing Village New Deal Project’ is a Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries-led community-based living SOC project aimed at realizing an ‘innovative fishing village’ that is easy to access, desirable to visit, and full of vitality by modernizing essential fishing village infrastructure such as outdated piers and promoting specialized development reflecting regional characteristics to revitalize the local economy.

This project plans to invest about 3 trillion KRW in total project costs nationwide for 300 locations by 2024. It supported 70 locations in 2019, 120 locations in 2020, 60 locations in 2021, and 50 locations in 2022, with 70% of the total project cost funded by national funds. Sinan-gun has been selected for 13 locations so far.

Although Sinan-gun accounts for 15% of Jeollanam-do’s local fishing ports with 13 local fishing ports and 23% of small-scale harbors and fishing ports with 198 locations, due to poor financial conditions, the maintenance of the most basic infrastructure has been insufficient. This has resulted in a lack of stable harbors and fishing ports where fishermen can moor their vessels and spaces for shelter during bad weather.

Accordingly, following the selection of 13 locations by this year and two more locations next year, it is expected to greatly contribute to improving the poor fishing village and fishing port environment, expanding essential fishing port facilities and maritime traffic safety facilities in Sinan-gun, which preserves its pristine nature, and revitalizing fishing village tourism to improve residents’ living conditions and increase income.

Regarding the project details, it is planned to invest 22.8 billion KRW by 2023 to complete a community-based living SOC project tailored to regional characteristics, consisting of hardware projects such as breakwaters, berthing facilities, mooring facilities, communal workspaces, and community centers, as well as software projects for capacity building.

Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “As this is a community-based living SOC project to solve urgent inconveniences in fishing villages and to ensure safe fishing operations, accident prevention, and income increase for fishermen, we propose expanding the Fishing Village New Deal Project for the modernization of fishing villages and ports, including the safety and convenience of fishing village residents and tourists.” He added, “We will continue to apply for public contests to do our best to expand infrastructure and content.”

He also added, “I would like to thank the local residents, local members of the National Assembly, provincial councilors, and county councilors who devoted their passion and effort until the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ public contest project was finally selected.”

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