Gyeonggi-do Ansan Opens the Capital Region's First 'Gui-eo School'

[Asia Economy (Yangpyeong) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The first 'Return-to-Fishing School' in the Seoul metropolitan area has opened in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.

The Gyeonggi Marine and Fisheries Resources Research Institute announced on the 11th that it held the first entrance ceremony for the Gyeonggi Return-to-Fishing School at the institute in Danwon-gu, Ansan City, and began a four-week return-to-fishing education program. The Gyeonggi Return-to-Fishing School is the first educational institution for future fishermen to open in the metropolitan area.

The Return-to-Fishing School provides various skills and theoretical education necessary for village life to those who wish to return to fishing, those who have returned to fishing within the last five years, and non-fishing residents in fishing villages. The four-week education and accommodation are provided free of charge, and participants can receive training necessary for starting fisheries businesses such as fishing vessel operations and aquaculture.

The 16 trainees selected as the first class will receive a four-week program with a diverse faculty including experts in fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood distribution, as well as public officials and employees of public institutions. The program consists of two weeks of theoretical education on fishing vessel operations and aquaculture, one week of field training living in fishing villages to learn practical skills, and one week of theoretical education necessary for starting fisheries businesses.

Graduates of the program will also receive benefits such as partial support for tuition fees for obtaining a power water leisure craft operator license.

Additionally, the institute will establish a contact network for graduates of the Return-to-Fishing School to support their successful settlement in fishing villages, monitor their status, and provide follow-up management including information related to returning to fishing.

Kim Bong-hyun, director of the Gyeonggi Marine and Fisheries Resources Research Institute, said, "With the opening of the Return-to-Fishing School, we will actively support more urban residents to settle stably in fishing villages," adding, "We expect that the influx of new population through returning to fishing will help solve the problems of population decline and aging in fishing village areas."

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