Pukyong National University

Kang Young-Sil was appointed as the chief director of Korea Fisheries Resources Agency
- The class of '78 of fishery education department ... the first female chief director under Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Kang Young-Sil who is alumni of Pukyong National University became the second chief director of Korea Fisheries Resources Agency. It is the first time that female is selected as the chief director among affiliated organizations in Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Ms. Kang graduated fisheries education department of Busan Fisheries College (former university of PKNU) as the class of '78. She also got the master and doctor degree about marine biology in Pukyong National University graduate school.

After her graduation, she started to work as a researcher of National Fisheries Research and Development Institute as her first public office. After that, she became maritime and fisheries expert who is in charge of various researches about it for thirty-two years in the institute as she worked as the director of research about fisheries in east sea and western sea.

She is being evaluated as the person who has proper leadership and capability to develop the agency as the best in Korea with her professional ability and knowledge about making fisheries resource.

Korea Fisheries Resources Agency started in January 2011 as the only one professional organization about maritime resources. To contribute people's happy life and enrich fisheries resources, they are focusing on recovery of fisheries resources and ecosystem restoration through businesses of marine afforestation, marine ranching, marine shrine, and artificial reef.

The new chief director started her work from January 27 in the agency placed on 19th floor of Centum Science Park Building in Haeundae-gu, Busan after inaugural ceremony.

"I feel a strong sense of responsibility as I should play a pivotal role of making and managing about fisheries resources when devastation of ocean and reduction of fisheries resources are getting worse," she said in her inaugural ceremony.

She also emphasized that she will do her best to make a rich ocean and happy nation through integrated and effective business of cultivation and management of fisheries resources. <Pukyong Today>