Jangheung County Governor Kim Sung visits Mulkim auction house... "Enhancing Musan Gim competitiveness"

57% Increase in Fresh Seaweed Production and 78% Rise in Auction Amount Compared to Last Year

Kim Sung, the governor of Jangheung County, visited the live auction site for fresh seaweed at Daeri Port in Hoejin-myeon on the 20th to communicate with local fishermen.

According to the county on the 21st, Jangheung’s fresh seaweed production this year is reported to be 66,000 tons, a 57% increase compared to last year. The auction amount also rose by 78% to 9.3 billion KRW, boosting the morale of local seaweed producers and dried seaweed manufacturers.

County Governor Kim Sung is visiting the Daeri Port seaweed auction site and explaining Jangheung Musangim. Provided by Jangheung County

‘Jangheung Musan Gim’, produced in the Jangheung sea, which has been designated as the nation’s only clean tidal flat ecological industry special zone, obtained the world’s largest ASC-MSC international organic certification for seaweed in 2022, a first in Korea. With this organic certification, it is gradually gaining competitiveness in the global market.

In particular, after being selected as a ‘Seaweed Industry Promotion Zone’ in a project organized by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the county secured a project fund of 5 billion KRW, further strengthening competitiveness across the entire seaweed industry, including production, aquaculture, processing, and distribution.

Governor Kim Sung stated, “Jangheung Musan Gim accounts for 56% of the region’s agricultural and marine product exports and is an important source of local income,” adding, “We plan to pursue various initiatives to increase fishermen’s income, such as modernizing facilities and expanding distribution networks for the development of the local fisheries industry.”