Wando Abalone Special Zone
- Designated on: 16 October 2009
- Project Duration: 2009-2018 (10 years)
- Project Cost: KRW 22.8 billion (governmental 10.5, provincial 2.2, county 6.3, private 3.8)
- Location: 11 eups or myeons including Wando-eup, Wando-gun, Jeonnam
- Land Area: 44,150,298 (Fish farm area)
Grounds for Designation
- Largest production site of abalone with approximately 80% market share of total abalone production (shipment) volume in Korea
- Specialize Wando's premium abalone produced from clean area of Wando to increase income of fishing families and contribute to invigoration of local economy
Special Business in Special Zone
Abalone Production Base Establishment Project (2009-2018, 8.3 billion)
- Set up and operate abalone research center (KRW 2 billion)
- Produce high quality seafood and preserve clean waters (KRW 3.6 billion)
- Educate core human resources (KRW 1.3 billion)
- Provide support for high added values of abalone (KRW 1.3 billion)
- Set up and operate Wando Abalone co., ltd. (KRW 5.5 billion)
- Secure basic facilities for distribution (KRW 3 billion)
- Foster local industry (abalone & siberian chrysanthemum) (KRW 3 billion)
- Hold culture & tourism festival (KRW 27.5 billion)
- Slow Tourism(2.5억원)
- Slow Tourism (KRW 250 million)
- Outside Advertisement, etc Control Act (Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 23)
- Patent Act (Article 36-8)
- Food Sanitation Act (Article 43)