Incheon City, easing fishing regulations to increase fishermen's income

Following the large-scale expansion of the border waters in 2024, Incheon City is seeking to increase the income of fishermen in the Incheon area by adjusting the tuna fishing ban. Incheon City announced that the tuna fishing ban period has been selected as a deregulation project by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and the tuna fishing ban period in Incheon waters will be adjusted from the current May 1 to May 31 to April 10 to May 10 on a trial basis, about 20 days earlier. Tuna was designated as a closed fish species from January 1, 2021 according to the revision of the ‘Enforcement Decree of the Fisheries Resources Management Act’. However, in Incheon waters, tuna fishing itself has been difficult for the past four years as May, when tuna is caught intensively, overlaps with the tuna fishing ban period. In particular, tuna is a migratory fish species, and it is caught by-catch in fishing gear around May in Incheon waters, but it dies immediately after it gets on board, ...