Changwon Coast Guard "Let's Make a Clean Masan Bay Together!"

28th Sea Day Commemoration, Marine Environment Protection Campaign

The Changwon Maritime Police Station in Gyeongnam conducted a marine environment protection campaign on May 31st around the 3.15 Marine Nuri Park area in Masanhappo-gu, Changwon City, to commemorate the 28th Sea Day.

According to Changwon Maritime Police, Sea Day is a legally designated commemorative day established by South Korea on May 31, 1996, following the enforcement of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in November 1994, which led countries worldwide to enter a fierce competition to secure marine resource development.

Jang Dae-woon, Chief of Changwon Coast Guard in Gyeongnam (center), and Changwon Coast Guard staff launched a marine environment protection campaign.
[Photo by Changwon Coast Guard]

About 60 participants joined this campaign, including related organizations such as the Masan Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries, the Masan branch of the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation, and honorary marine monitors affiliated with Changwon Maritime Police.

They carried out activities such as promoting blue carbon and a picket challenge, while cleaning the environment around the 3.15 Marine Nuri Park area.

The marine waste collected that day amounted to 2.1 tons.

Gyeongnam Changwon Maritime Police conducted coastal cleanup activities to commemorate the 28th Sea Day.
[Photo by Changwon Maritime Police Station]

A representative of Changwon Maritime Police stated, “Masan Bay is a specially managed area designated and managed by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries under Article 15 of the Marine Environment Management Act, and the voluntary participation of the public is necessary to keep Masan Bay clean.”

He added, “Our Changwon Maritime Police will continue to promote various activities to prevent marine pollution and the dumping of marine waste to maintain a clean Masan Bay,” and urged “active interest and participation in marine pollution.”

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