The 'Jikbang-ryeom Fishing in the Jijok Strait of Namhae' has been newly registered as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the 9th. GIAHS is designated to identify and preserve globally significant agricultural, fishery, and forestry heritage systems, related landscapes, biodiversity, and knowledge systems with the aim of conserving traditional agricultural and fishery systems. As of December 2024, South Korea has seven designated sites, including five in agriculture and two in fisheries. In the fishery sector, the 'Hand-net Clam Fishing in the Seomjingang River of Hadong and Gwangyang' and the 'Jeju Haenyeo Fishing' were designated as World Important Agricultural Heritage sites in 2023.