Mokpo Mayor Park Hong-ryul Promotes Excellence of Namdo Seafood at Jindo Fish Market

Joint Response by Mokpo City, Jindo County, and Mokpo Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office to Promote Seafood Consumption

Mokpo City (Mayor Park Hong-ryul) announced that it jointly visited Jindo Fisheries Market on the morning of the 31st with Jindo County (County Head Kim Hee-soo) and Mokpo Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office (Director Jeong Moon-su) to carry out a campaign to promote seafood consumption.

(On the right) Park Hong-ryul, Mayor of Mokpo City, is conducting a campaign to promote the consumption of Korean seafood at Jindo Fish Market in Jindo-eup.
[Photo by Mokpo City]

The city, along with Jindo County and the Mokpo Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office, visited Jindo Fisheries Market to highlight the excellence of Namdo seafood, while conducting a seafood consumption promotion campaign and a seafood purchasing movement. They also conveyed words of encouragement to the seafood market merchants to overcome the difficult situation together.

Earlier, on the 11th, the city signed a business agreement with the Mokpo Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office to revitalize seafood consumption in order to share the pain of fishermen struggling due to the Fukushima contaminated water discharge, agreeing to jointly respond to the decline in seafood consumption.

As part of the joint response, on the 25th, the day after the contaminated water discharge, the city, together with Mokpo Fisheries Cooperative and Mokpo Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office, conducted a campaign near the Mokpo North Port live fish auction site to encourage seafood consumption, offering support to fishermen in despair.

A city official stated, “Not only Mokpo City but also neighboring local governments and related organizations will join forces to do their best to promote seafood consumption in the future.”

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