Korea Fisheries and Fishing Ports Corporation Improves Method for Selecting Discarded Fishing Gear Collection Sites

Real-time Reflection of On-site Demand
Enhancing Efficiency of the Coastal and Offshore Fishing Ground Productivity Improvement Project

Collection of discarded fishing gear. Korea Fishing Villages and Ports Corporation.

Korea Fisheries and Fishing Ports Corporation announced on the 9th that it has improved the demand survey method for selecting target areas of the "2026 Coastal and Offshore Fishing Ground Productivity Improvement Support Project" in order to enhance the efficiency of the collection of lost and submerged discarded fishing gear.

This project is being promoted to collect and process discarded fishing gear that has been abandoned or has sunk in coastal and offshore fishing grounds, thereby improving the spawning and habitat environment of key fishery resources and establishing a sustainable foundation for fishery production.

With this improvement, the system will shift away from the previous method in which the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries conducted demand surveys in a uniform manner, to a framework where the corporation continuously selects project target areas based on on-site demand data from local governments and fishers. As a result, it is expected that the conditions of fishing grounds and the necessity of the project in each region can be reflected more quickly and flexibly.

The corporation has provided guidance on the operation plan for the continuous demand survey to local governments nationwide, and fishers can submit their opinions through local governments or directly apply to the corporation for project target areas. Based on the results of the demand survey, the corporation plans to comprehensively review the environment of fishing grounds by region and the urgency of the project to select target areas, and then gradually carry out the collection of lost and submerged discarded fishing gear.

Hong Jonguk, Executive Director of the corporation, said, "This improvement in the demand survey method is a shift aimed at reflecting the voices from the field more quickly," adding, "We will create tangible improvements in fishing ground environments through the active participation of fishers."

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