Mokpo City Completes Construction of the Nation's Largest Comprehensive Fisheries Support Complex

The Opening of the North Port Era in Fisheries... Wishing Safety and Full Catches for Fishermen

Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Park Hong-ryul) held the completion ceremony of the Southwest Fisheries Comprehensive Support Complex and a bountiful catch ritual to pray for the safety and full catch of fishermen on the 11th, signaling the beginning of a new leap in the fisheries industry.

According to the city on the 12th, the event hosted by Mokpo Fisheries Cooperative was attended by about 2,000 people, including Mayor Park Hong-ryul of Mokpo, Governor Kim Young-rok of Jeollanam-do, National Assembly member Kim Won-i, Choi Yong-seok, Director of Fisheries Policy at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Moon Cha-bok, Chairman of Mokpo City Council, Jeon Kyung-seon, Vice Chairman of Jeollanam-do Council, heads of various institutions and organizations, and fishermen.

The completion ceremony for the Southwest Fisheries Comprehensive Support Complex located at Mokpo North Port was held.
[Photo by Mokpo City]

The Southwest Fisheries Comprehensive Support Complex consists of a total of 10 buildings, with a site area of 102,000㎡, a total floor area of 28,000㎡, and a total project cost of 75.2 billion KRW, making it a large-scale facility.

Supported by Mokpo City and Mokpo Fisheries Cooperative with assistance from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and Jeollanam-do, this complex, located in the rear area of the North Port, integrates production, distribution, sales, logistics, and support functions for fisheries facilities, boasting its status as the largest fisheries comprehensive support complex in Korea, covering everything from production to support for fishermen.

The Southwest Fisheries Comprehensive Support Complex, which will lead Mokpo’s fisheries industry for the next 100 years, is equipped with a cold auction hall responsible for maintaining the freshness of seafood, as well as freezing, refrigeration, ice-making facilities, supply warehouses, and fuel supply facilities to support fishery management. It also includes a seafood distribution logistics center and sales facilities for distribution and sales, along with association offices for the convenience of fishermen.

Mokpo Fisheries Cooperative relocated some departments, including the chairman’s office, in May last year and moved all remaining work facilities this year. On the 1st, during the first auction at the fresh fish auction hall, about 5,000 boxes of hairtail, croaker, and skate were traded.

With this, the city and Mokpo Fisheries Cooperative are looking forward to the newly completed Fisheries Comprehensive Support Complex, leaving behind the 86-year era of Seosan-dong Seonchang, becoming a new tourist attraction that will lead the leap of the fisheries industry in the Southwest region.

Mayor Park Hong-ryul expressed his ambition, saying, “Using the Southwest Fisheries Comprehensive Support Complex as a starting point, we will create the value of Mokpo as a city of seafood products sought after by young people through the endless leap of Mokpo’s fisheries industry.”

Meanwhile, Mokpo City is currently promoting the development of a high value-added seafood food industry by advancing projects such as △establishing a seafood food export complex △developing a specialized seaweed industry complex △building a foundation for globalizing Mokpo fish cakes, aiming to achieve a hopeful leap in the fisheries industry.

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