Lee Hee-jin, Yeongdeok County Governor, Holds Meeting with Fishermen Representatives on 'Fukushima Contaminated Water'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] On the 27th, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk, held a meeting at the county office, inviting representatives of fishermen to discuss the Japanese government's decision on April 13 to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima into the ocean.

At the meeting, Lee Hee-jin, the mayor of Yeongdeok-gun, along with heads of local fisheries cooperatives, chairpersons of fishing village associations, presidents of the Fisheries Business Association, chairpersons of the Coastal Snow Crab Fishermen's Association, and presidents of the Sea Squirt Aquaculture Association attended.

They discussed domestic and international trends and countermeasures related to Japan's discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. They also shared difficulties and opinions from the fisheries industry.

Mayor Lee Hee-jin expressed, "I sincerely sympathize with the public's growing anxiety over seafood due to the Fukushima contaminated water controversy," and pledged, "We will actively communicate with fishermen to ensure their livelihoods are not threatened and make every effort to cancel Japan's decision to discharge contaminated water."

Meanwhile, on the 15th, Yeongdeok-gun, led by the mayor who serves as the chairman of the council, is proactively responding to the Fukushima contaminated water issue through a joint statement by the 'Gyeongbuk East Coast Win-Win Council,' a cooperative body of five mayors and county heads along the East Coast of Gyeongbuk.

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