Yeonggwang-gun Holds Meeting with Fisheries Workers to Listen to Their Difficulties

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Yeonggwang-gun Mayor Kang Jongman) announced on the 19th that on the 18th, representatives from Yeonggwang-gun’s fisheries institutions, organizations, and the fisheries sector gathered in one place to listen to and discuss various voices from the fisheries field.

The meeting was attended by the head of Yeonggwang-gun Fisheries Cooperative, the chairman of the Fishing Village Association Council, the president of the Yeonggwang Federation of Fisheries Entrepreneurs, the president of the Korea Women Fishery Association, the director of the Special Yellow Corvina Product Project Group, representatives from the freshwater eel, solar salt, and salted seafood industries, as well as the director of the Marine Fisheries Science Institute Yeonggwang Branch.

In particular, this meeting was conducted in a 3-No (no theme, no format, no formality) style, breaking away from the conventional meeting methods, allowing for a free atmosphere where various opinions on the current issues of Yeonggwang-gun’s fisheries, development, and competitiveness enhancement were presented.

Through this meeting, the county plans to comprehensively review policy proposals such as support for seafood logistics costs and the construction of a frozen storage warehouse for yellow corvina, and reflect them in fisheries policies by establishing short- or mid- to long-term plans.

The fisheries representatives who attended the meeting expressed their gratitude to Mayor Kang Jongman for organizing such an occasion and requested more support and interest in the fisheries industry for the development of Yeonggwang-gun’s fisheries.

Mayor Kang Jongman stated, “I have great affection and interest in the marine and fisheries sector for the great transformation and development of fisheries,” and added, “We will carefully review the proposals made today and establish mid- to long-term plans to be implemented step by step so that the fishing villages can become prosperous and vibrant.”

Meanwhile, the main seafood products produced in the county, including Yeonggwang Gulbi, freshwater eel, solar salt, salted seafood, and catches, generate an annual sales amount of about 500 billion KRW, leading one pillar of the Yeonggwang regional economy.

Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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