Chungnam Province "Fisheries Resource Development Project 'Success'... 10 Billion Won Invested This Year"

The fisheries resource development project in Chungnam Province is showing results. This year, Chungnam Province plans to expand related projects to enhance the sustainability of local fisheries resources and improve the income of fishing villages.

According to Chungnam Province and the Korea Fisheries Resources Agency on the 15th, the production value after the creation of breeding and habitat grounds for webfoot octopus in Seocheon and Dangjin from 2020 to 2022 reached 5.7 billion KRW, which is 2.4 times the invested project cost of 2.4 billion KRW.

In particular, the production value of Taean blue crabs increased by 11.3 billion KRW from 26.09 billion KRW in 2021 to 37.38 billion KRW last year. This economic effect is 11.3 times the 1 billion KRW invested in the blue crab breeding and habitat creation project.

Building on this momentum, Chungnam Province will invest a budget of 9.895 billion KRW this year to carry out 15 projects for fisheries resource development in the coastal and inland waters of 11 cities and counties.

The budget will be allocated as follows: 6.122 billion KRW for 11 projects related to breeding and habitat creation, 3.573 billion KRW for 3 projects related to seed release, and 200 million KRW for 1 project on effect analysis.

For breeding and habitat creation, the projects include ▲ Fisheries resource breeding and habitat creation (2.6 billion KRW) ▲ Breeding ground creation for cephalopod fishery resources (153 million KRW) ▲ Three projects for fishery environment improvement (571.67 million KRW) ▲ Sea cucumber habitat environment creation (1.3 billion KRW) ▲ Sea cucumber breeding shelter creation (208.34 million KRW) ▲ Aquaculture pond purification (838.55 million KRW) ▲ Underwater forest creation (200 million KRW) ▲ Maintenance and management of sea ranches, sea forests, and underwater forests (250 million KRW).

The regional targets for fisheries resource breeding and habitat projects are ▲ Coastal areas from Seomyeon to Maseo-myeon in Seocheon (3,500 hectares) ▲ Coastal areas of Janggo Port and Nanjido in Dangjin (1,700 hectares) ▲ Offshore areas from Geunheung to Nam-myeon in Taean (4,900 hectares) ▲ Garorim Bay area in Seosan (1,300 hectares). The main species are webfoot octopus (Seocheon and Dangjin), blue crab (Taean), and octopus (Seosan).

The seed release projects will be conducted through shellfish fishery resource development (958.36 million KRW) and purchase and release of fisheries seeds (2.5645 billion KRW).

Previously, Chungnam Province purchased and released a total of 246.467 million fisheries seeds from 1986 to last year.

This year, the goal is to release 78.703 million seeds of 17 species including shrimp, rockfish, blue crab, flatfish, freshwater crab, carp, and eel in 11 cities and counties.

Jang Min-gyu, head of the Fisheries Resources Division of Chungnam Province, said, “Seed release and breeding and habitat creation projects are being promoted to respond to climate change and ensure sustainable fishing activities. Chungnam Province will continue to listen to the voices from the fishing field and strive to establish a customized support system.”

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