Sancheong-gun Completes Renovation of Three Fishways on Deokcheon River at Jinyangho Waterway

Maintenance of 25 Sites Over the Past 7 Years Until 2020 with a Budget of 3 Billion KRW

Photo after the renovation project of Deokcheongang fishway in Sancheong-gun (Photo by Sancheong-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 4th that it has completed the fishway renovation project, which was promoted as one of the 2020 win-win cooperation projects with Jinju City.

A fishway refers to a waterway created to allow fish to freely move upstream and downstream in a river.

Sancheong-gun and Jinju City implemented the fishway renovation project to improve the situation where migratory fish species such as sweetfish could not move freely due to artificial structures (weirs, reservoirs, dams, etc.) installed in the river, causing ecological disruption.

Through this fishway renovation project, the county refurbished three fishways (Duyang Weir, Naengjeong Weir, Munam Weir) on the Deokcheon River in Sancheong, which connects to Jinyang Lake in Jinju.

Since April, the county has been promoting the project by signing a business consignment agreement with the Korea Rural Community Corporation Jinju Sancheong Branch.

A total project cost of 375 million KRW (125 million KRW national funds, 37.5 million KRW provincial funds, 212.5 million KRW county funds) was invested. While repairing artificial structures such as weirs and dams installed in the existing river, fishways were also installed.

The county expects that this renovation will greatly help conserve and increase local aquatic resources, including migratory fish species representing Sancheong such as sweetfish, as well as Korean bullhead, dark chub, and minnow.

A county official stated, “Our county has been promoting fishway maintenance projects for the past seven years to protect and foster inland water fishery resources, spending about 3 billion KRW to maintain a total of 25 fishways by 2020. Going forward, we will promote systematic and scientific long-term continuous projects through effect monitoring after the fishway renovation project.”

Meanwhile, the county expects that the smooth increase of fishery resources will also contribute to revitalizing the local economy and traditional cuisine.

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