Seocheon-gun Selected for Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' 'Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project' Competition

By 2027, 30 Billion Won Invested to Develop Fisheries Complex Center and Youth Housing Facilities in Hongwon Port Area

Jang Jin-won, Director of the Marine Fisheries Bureau of Chungnam Province, is giving a briefing on the selection of the Seocheon Hongwon Port Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project on the 21st. / Naepo = Photo by Kim Ah-young

The Hongwon Port area in Seocheon, Chungnam, has been selected for the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' 'Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project' competition.

According to Chungnam Province on the 21st, since 2019, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has been promoting the Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project to attract new populations to fishing villages. Support is provided in three types, from Type 1 to Type 3, depending on scale and characteristics.

Hongwon Port was selected as Type 1 (Creation of a Fishing Village Economic Hub), which has the largest project budget, securing a total of 30 billion KRW, including 15 billion KRW in national funds.

Accordingly, by 2027, 30 billion KRW will be invested in the Hongwon Port area to establish a fisheries complex center, youth housing facilities, and themed tree-lined streets.

Private investment projects will also be linked, with plans to promote a complex resort development project worth 361.6 billion KRW and the restoration project of Dongbaekjeong Beach.

Jang Jin-won, Director of the Marine and Fisheries Bureau of Chungnam Province, said, "Fishing villages are facing a crisis as the fishing population and production decrease due to various physical and social changes. We will revitalize the southwestern fishing village areas by developing the Hongwon Port area into a fishing village fisheries economic hub that embraces youth and opens the future."

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