Among 10 Returning Fishermen, 3.1 Settle in Chungnam... Taean Most Popular

Visitors at the Return to Fishing and Rural Life Expo are observing the process of managing fish in an aquarium. Photo is unrelated to the article. Source=Asia Economy DB

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] It has been found that 31% of new fishery migrants last year settled in Chungnam. Among the areas in Chungnam, Taean was recognized as the most popular destination for new fishery migrants nationwide.

According to Chungnam Province on the 6th, the ‘2020 Fishery Migration and Rural Settlement Statistics’ by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and Statistics Korea reported that there were 281 fishery migrant households and 314 fishery migrants in the province.

Considering that the total number of fishery migrant households nationwide last year was 897, 31.3% of the total settled in Chungnam. Also, 31.4% of all fishery migrants chose Chungnam.

The number of fishery migrant households in Chungnam ranks second nationwide, following Jeonnam with 302 households. Next, Jeonbuk had 94 households, and Incheon had 81 households newly settled in fishing villages.

Among the 15 cities and counties in Chungnam, Taean attracted 161 fishery migrants, making it the top choice nationwide for fishery migrants. Boryeong also attracted 69 fishery migrants, ranking fourth in scale nationwide.

Last year, the age distribution of fishery migrants in Chungnam was highest in their 50s with 124 people (39.5%), followed by 81 people in their 60s (25.8%), 60 people in their 40s (19.1%), 31 people aged 30 or younger (9.9%), and 18 people aged 70 or older (5.7%).

The increase in the population (households) migrating to fishery in Chungnam is interpreted to be due to the region’s dedicated efforts to attract prospective fishery migrants and rural settlers, as well as the provision of benefits such as fishermen’s allowances, settlement and startup funds for migrants, and loans for housing purchases.

Building on this momentum, the province plans to promote support projects to further expand fishery migration and rural settlement from urban areas, including remodeling residential spaces for prospective fishery migrants in metropolitan areas (2 locations), operating fishery schools, running fishery migration and rural settlement community villages (1 location), operating fishing village experience and recreation villages (14 locations), developing regional hub units (5 locations), and creating fishing village theme villages (1 location).

A provincial official said, “We will spare no effort to support fishery migration and rural settlement so that young people from metropolitan areas can move into fishing villages that are losing vitality due to aging and population decline. Through this, Chungnam will be reborn as a central hub for fishery migration and rural settlement.”

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