Hwaseong-si Gungpyeong Fishing Cooperative and 2 Others Selected as 'Excellent Fishing Cooperatives'... Total Support of 300 Million Won

Gungpyeong Fishing Cooperative, Hwaseong-si

Three fishing communities, including Gungpyeong Fishing Cooperative in Hwaseong City, have been designated as excellent fishing cooperatives and will each receive 100 million KRW in support.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 20th that three fishing cooperatives?▲Gungpyeong Fishing Cooperative in Hwaseong City, ▲Jonghyeon Fishing Cooperative in Ansan City, and ▲Wolgok Fishing Cooperative in Siheung City?were selected for the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' '2024 Excellent Fishing Cooperative Support Project' and will each receive 100 million KRW, totaling 300 million KRW in support.

The Excellent Fishing Cooperative Support Project is a government-funded initiative launched last year to attract new fishing cooperative members (urban residents, returnees to fishing villages) to maintain communities and respond to the extinction of fishing villages. The project relaxes membership conditions to attract many new members and supports the purchase of various facilities and equipment for selected cooperatives.

Last year, three cooperatives?Baekmi Fishing Cooperative and Jeongok Fishing Cooperative in Hwaseong City, and Sangdong Fishing Cooperative in Ansan City?were selected as excellent fishing cooperatives. There are 60 fishing cooperatives in Gyeonggi Province.

The three cooperatives selected this year attracted a total of eight new members last year. Additionally, they revised their cooperative bylaws to lower entry barriers by allowing not only residents of the cooperative but also people living in the area to join, which led to their selection as excellent fishing cooperatives.

Kim Bong-hyun, Director of the Marine Fisheries Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "The Excellent Fishing Cooperative Support Project is an important initiative that revitalizes fishing villages facing the threat of extinction due to aging populations. We will continue to make efforts to lower entry barriers and attract new cooperative members through this support project."

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