DPRK Premier Visits Sinp’o Open Sea Fishery Complex

DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju tours the Sinp’o Pelagic Fishing Complex (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).

DPRK state media reported on 27 June (Friday) that Premier Pak Pong Ju (Pak Pong-chu) visited the Sinp’o Pelagic (open sea) Fishing Complex in South Hamgyo’ng Province.  He toured the fishing complex’s vessels and viewed its equipment.  According to KCNA he ” encouraged fishermen, firmly determined to bring about great innovations in the pelagic fishing this year by carrying forward the heroic fighting spirit of the preceding generation.”  After his tour he held a meeting with fishery officials based on the DPRK’s east coast.  The meeting “discussed the issue of setting a model in the east coastal area and generalizing it on the basis of the analysis of the production foundation and potentials of the fishery stations in North and South Hamgyo’ng and Kangwo’n provinces.”  The meeting “took measures to improve the living standard of fishermen and simultaneously push forward pelagic and offshore fishing including the issues modernizing fishing boats, bringing dredge of wharves and repair of breakwater to a normal footing and satisfactorily ensuring electricity and spare parts needed for repairing fishing boats.”  Pak Pong Ju “called upon the fishery complex to make big fish hauls,” according to KCNA.