Jeonnam Sinan-gun Office
Republic of Korea
Jeonnam Sinan-gun Office provides management of tidal flats octopus production using artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. By using unmanned drones and artifificial intelligence, the solution makes it possible to calculate and monitor tidal flflat octopus resources, resulting in increased fifishing volumes for fifishermen and an improved fifishing environment. It provides a system for the calculation and monitoring of octopus resources based on digital technology, to solve the difficulties of fishermen in Sinan-gun in catching octopuses, which are their main source of income.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Precision agriculture, Drone farm services, Farm management services
Delivery type (format)
Internet of Things / sensors
Drones services
Web based platform
DS supplier-user category
Government to business
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Multi-partners
Name of supplier/developer
World Heritage Division of Sinan-gun (lead organization)
Primary Users
Fisherfolks , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (limited use)
Number of users or subscribers
82 fishermen in two fishing villages (Igok, Jukryeon) 445 registered bare-handed fishermen Approximately 50 fishing boats registered in Docho-myeon, Sinan
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Established platform for accumulation and use of AI learning data Approximately 60,000 octopus holes, 300GB Achieved over 90 percent accuracy in machine learning algorithms to identify the number of octopus holes and their locations Improve fishing efficiency and increase fishing volume for fishermen Create a healthy octopus fishing environment, through prevention and reduction of illegal fishing
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Docho-myeon, Sinan-gun, Jellonam-do
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes