This 3rd basic plan sets out the mid- and long-term policy directions for fishing villages and fishery harbors and specifies projects to develop and regenerate the fishing community and fishery harbors.

Vision

• To turn fishing villages into a liveable place and foster fishery harbors as an economic hub with full of energy.

Strategy

• The followings are four keywords of this master plan: integrated regeneration, balanced improvement, customized development, and regional innovation.

Build integrated infrastructures to regenerate fishing villages and fishery harbors

• Promote a project, “Fishing Village New Deal 300” and design its institutions

Regenerate idle resources of fishing villages and fishery harbors

• Utilize idle facilities, such as abandoned houses, and attract private investment

Make fishing villages and fishery harbors liveable for all

• Support joint-use fishery harbors, those who returned to the fishing or rural areas to settle down, and “Eoulim” villages, meaning “living in harmony” in Korean

Develop fishing villages and fishery harbors in balance

• Adopt regional evaluation system and set a nationwide fishery harbor development plan

Lay the foundation for fishing villages where people can live together

• Foster companies specialized in the fishing community and build networks among villages

Enhance the role of fishery harbors which leads regional growth

• Designate new national fishery harbors and create hub ports

Invigorate the unique economy of the fishing community

• i.e. fishing theme villages, Korea’s important fisheries heritage, and fishing experience villages

Develop fishery harbors into a new growth engine

• Search specialized fishery harbors, develop fishery harbors overseas, and promote inter-Korean economic cooperation

Strengthen competitiveness to create attractive fishing villages and fishery harbors

• Set design guidelines and boost tourism in fishing villages

Set the foundation for safe fishing villages and fishery harbors

• i.e. intelligent closed-circuit televisions(CCTV), information systems, and smart living technologies

Make fishing villages and fishery harbors clean

• Through clean fishery harbors, a “Bada Gakum” project, meaning “caring for sea” in Korean, and port cleaning activities

Make fishing villages and fishery harbors convenient

• Build convenience facilities at fishery harbors and provide information customized for individual users

The mid- and long-term investment plan is expected to create KRW 9.2 trillion worth of production, KRW 3.4 trillion worth of added values, and jobs for 43,000 persons.