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  • 08-09-2021

[February 23, 2018] Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries launch, 1400 ton National fishery supervision vessel, Mugunghwa No.15, for the first time

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries launch, 1400 ton National fishery supervision vessel, Mugunghwa No.15, for the first time

 

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' West Sea Fisheries Management Service announced on August 24 that it will launch a 1,470-ton national fishery supervision vessel, Mugunghwa No.15, in Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, to establish fishing order in the West Sea and to prevent Chinese fishing boat’s illegal fishing.

 

The Mugunghwa No.15 is 79.6 meters long, 13.0 meters wide, and 7.4 meters deep, equipped with two 2,720 kilowatts of engines, and can sail for 20 days without additional fuel supply. The maximum speed is 18 knots (33 km/h).

 

It is equipped with the latest radar and electronic sea route system and is equipped with two water cannons and two high-speed control boats (above 40 prever knots per hour) that can cope with illegal fishing.

 

Mugunghwa 15 will be completed in mid-April and handed over to the West Sea Fisheries Management Service.

 

The head of the West Sea Fisheries Management Service said, "We will continue to build state-of-the-art fishing boats and deploy them in the West Sea Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to protect Korea's precious fisheries resources."