Shinan-gun Launches Youth Income Rental Fishing Vessel 'Cheonsa 10ho'

Safety Shelter Established for Remote Island Fishermen on the Suchido Island Map

[Sinan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] On the 12th, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, held a completion ceremony for the Suchido Remote Island Fishermen's Safety Shelter and a launching ceremony for the Youth Income Rental Fishing Boat at Suchido, Bigeum-myeon, with about 200 residents and officials in attendance.

The Youth Income Rental Fishing Boat project is the first of its kind nationwide, currently supported by a total of 3.2 billion KRW in county funds, and is being promoted by 115 members of the Sinan-gun Fishing Boat Industry Promotion Association.

Starting with Bigeum-myeon Cheonsa 1, a total of 11 rental fishing boats are contributing to the increase of fishing income for young fishermen in Sinan.

Operators pay an affordable annual rental fee of 0.3% to the county, and if they repay the full amount of the subsidy during operation, ownership of the target fishing boat is transferred to the operator.

The fishing boat subject to this launching ceremony, Bigeum-registered Cheonsa 10, was purchased and leased in August 2021 with 200 million KRW of county funds, as a 2.99-ton coastal gillnet fishing boat, and has started operations.

Also, the Suchido Fishermen's Safety Shelter was built with a total budget of 404 million KRW, constructed with reinforced concrete capable of withstanding typhoons and strong winds, and painted in white and cobalt blue to evoke the feel of a Mediterranean resort.

A Sinan-gun official said, “Suchido is a small island with fewer than 150 residents, but it would be good to develop it uniquely and competitively in its own way, even more so than Purple Island. We hope the fishermen's shelter will be a good place not only for fishing activities but also for fostering harmony among village residents.”

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