Busan Gijang-gun Introduces Foreign Seasonal Worker System in Fisheries Sector

Busan Gijang-gun is introducing a foreign seasonal worker system in the seaweed and kelp aquaculture sector to address the manpower shortage in fishing villages.

The foreign seasonal worker system is implemented by the Ministry of Justice to resolve short-term labor shortages in rural and fishing areas, and Gijang-gun is the first basic local government within a metropolitan city to adopt this system in the fisheries sector.

Gijang County Office.

The foreign seasonal worker system promoted by the county invites family and relatives residing in Vietnam of immigrants married to Koreans. The supported fields are seaweed and kelp harvesting at sea and land drying.

Gijang-gun plans to assign 12 Vietnamese seasonal workers to seven aquaculture farms that applied, with a maximum working period of five months. They will enter through Gimhae Airport twice, on the 5th and the 14th, and after direct guidance and training in Gijang-gun, they will be deployed to their workplaces.

A Gijang-gun official stated, “We hope that the introduction of foreign seasonal workers will resolve the manpower shortage in fishing villages and help increase fishermen’s income,” adding, “We will support the smooth establishment of the foreign seasonal worker system by ensuring compliance with working conditions and providing language communication support.”

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