Gyeongnam Governor Park Wansu: "We Will Create Fishing Villages That Attract Youth Together with the Government"

The 12th Fisheries Day Commemorative Event Held in Tongyeong

"We will strive to ensure that our seafood is more trusted by consumers and that the fisheries industry can continue to develop sustainably."

Park Wan-su, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, made this statement at the 12th Fisheries Day commemorative event held at Yeongun Port in Tongyeong.

Park Wan-su, Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do (far right), is applauding at the 12th Fisheries Day ceremony held at Yeongun Port in Tongyeong.
[Photo by Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government]

According to Gyeongnam Province, the ceremony was held under the theme "Abundant Sea, Vibrant Fishing Villages, United Fishery Workers."

The ceremony was attended by President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Cho Seung-hwan, local members of the National Assembly, and over 1,200 fishery workers nationwide.

Fisheries Day has been designated as a national commemorative day on April 1 every year since 2012 to raise public awareness of the importance of fisheries and fishing villages and to foster pride and dignity among fishery workers.

President Yoon Suk-yeol (center) and First Lady Kim Keon-hee (far right) are applauding at the 12th Fisheries Day commemorative event held at Yeongun Port in Tongyeong.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Government]

President Yoon said, "We will work to increase productivity through fostering export strategic items and smart fisheries, and to attract young people to the industry. We will also remove regulations to attract private investment in the fisheries sector and establish a safety management system in the fishing industry so that fishery workers can work energetically."

Governor Park said, "We will work together with the government to make fisheries lead the regional economy and create fishing villages that attract young people."

On this day, Gyeongnam Province proposed major issues to the Presidential Office, including ▲support for the creation of a South Coast Marine Tourism Belt ▲construction of a new port business center ▲establishment of a National Important Fisheries Heritage Museum ▲creation of a dedicated organization for supporting the construction of an aerospace complex city ▲establishment of a medical school in Gyeongnam and expansion of its enrollment to increase medical personnel ▲upgrading Geoga-daero (National Road No. 58) to a highway ▲and revision of the Local Autonomy Act to expand local government autonomy rights.

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