장흥군의 맨손어업에 관한 조사연구

Abstract

The Jangheung-gun is located in the southern part of Jeollanamdo of the Republic of Korea. It consists of three Eups and seven Myeons. Among these, two eups (Gwansan and Daedeok) and three myeons (Yongsan, Anyang, and Hoejin) adjoin the sea which is called the Deungyang Bay. This region has had abundant fishery resources and many people have been working for fisheries. In addition, the farming has also been active, targeting pen shell, cackle, short neck clam, laver, sea mustard, capsosiphon, and so forth. In particular, pen shell and laver are very famous. In the region of Jangheunggun, many tide lands have been changed into the land due to the land reclamation projects that had been started under the rule of Japanese imperialism. The rice farming has been primarily conducted at the reclaimed land. Nevertheless, it has still a wide tide land in which the handicraft fisheries has been doing. The handicraft fisheries uses a simple tool and it has a close relation with the fishing village (Eochongye) and community-based fishery. Because of the land reclamation, some fishing villages have no community-based fisheries and handicraft fishermen. The fishing village has its own characteristic. This study is to investigate the current situation and some problems of the handicraft fisheries in the Jangheung-gun and to provide reform measures. In order to do this, both literature review and visiting survey were conducted.