Sinan-gun Secures 6 Billion KRW for Shrimp Aquaculture Industry Revitalization Project

Establishing a Key Distribution Center for King Prawns to Build Storage, Processing, and Distribution Infrastructure

[Sinan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, has been selected for the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' Fishery Product Production Area Hub Distribution Center (FPC) construction project, which is expected to boost the shrimp aquaculture industry.

The county has secured a total project budget of 6 billion KRW and will promote the project from 2023, establishing a complex infrastructure capable of one-stop processing from the supply of raw king shrimp, rapid freezing, storage, processing (peeled shrimp, etc.), to distribution.

In particular, once the distribution center is completed, conditions will be established to ship about 20% of the average king shrimp production throughout the year through storage and processing, which is expected to significantly alleviate various disadvantages such as price drops.

Park Woo-ryang, the mayor of Sinan-gun, said, "Through the attraction of this king shrimp production area hub distribution center, it is expected to play a pivotal role in stabilizing the management of aquaculture households and revitalizing our county's shrimp aquaculture industry, further enhancing the status and value as the largest production area in the country."

The selected project this time is the result of Sinan-gun's challenge starting in 2019, continuously improving and knocking on the door, culminating after three attempts.

Meanwhile, Sinan-gun's king shrimp aquaculture produced about 3,850 tons (54.6 billion KRW) from 262 households (862 ha) as of 2022, accounting for 52% of the national production (81% of Jeollanam-do), generating an annual production value of 60 billion KRW.

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