Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Selects 50 New Fishing Village New Deal 300 Sites for Next Year... Total of 300 Sites Designated

"Investing 3 Trillion Won by 2024 to Improve Fishing Village Environment"

The appearance of Mulchi Port in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, selected for the 2022 Fishing Village New Deal 300 project by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. (Image source=Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on the 6th that it has selected 50 new ports, harbors, and fishing villages nationwide as new target sites for the '2022 Fishing Village New Deal 300 Project.'

By region, 16 sites were selected in Jeonnam, 8 in Gyeongnam, 7 in Chungnam, 3 in Gyeongbuk, 3 in Gangwon, 3 in Jeonbuk, 3 in Jeju, 3 in Incheon, 2 in Busan, 1 in Gyeonggi, and 1 in Ulsan. The project budget is an average of 10 billion KRW per site, with a total of 500 billion KRW invested over three years. By 2024, 3 trillion KRW will be invested to discover differentiated content by utilizing the core resources possessed by fishing villages and to revitalize marine tourism through the modernization of fishing villages and ports. With this selection, all target sites for the Fishing Village New Deal 300 project, which the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has been promoting since 2019, have been finalized.

The project starting next year will mainly focus on supplying community-based living social overhead capital (SOC), developing fishing village specialties using local resources, and revitalizing fishing villages through regional regeneration.

The representative areas for community-based living SOC supply are Byeongpung Port in Sinan-gun, Jeonnam, and Jwabucheon Port in Goseong-gun. To improve the outdated marine transportation infrastructure of fishing villages, piers will be reinforced and waiting rooms expanded. Resident convenience facilities, including safety facilities, will be established. For fishing village specialty development using local resources, Pogyo Port in Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, and Oepo Port in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, were selected. The core of the project is to discover differentiated specialty projects by utilizing the natural scenery, cultural heritage, and local specialties of fishing villages and to create new income bases for the region. Regional regeneration projects will also be carried out to revitalize fishing villages, which have been stagnating due to population decline and aging, by expanding infrastructure for startup platforms and promoting the influx of returnees to fishing villages. Representative selected sites include Hagampo Port in Taean-gun, Chungnam, and Dasahang in Seocheon-gun.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will also promote a 'Post Fishing Village New Deal' pilot project from next year, which strengthens new population inflow and fishing village living service support after the Fishing Village New Deal 300 project. Minister Moon Seong-hyeok said, "We will strive to successfully establish a foundation for the regeneration of fishing villages and ports by steadily promoting the Fishing Village New Deal 300 project and to breathe new life into fishing villages."

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