Among 3,358 islands in Korea, about eighty five percentage of them are uninhabited islands. Concerning this, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) has been seeking to settle the fundamental policy on the preservation, the utilization, and the development of the uninhabited islands and to search the proper types of management suitable for the specialities by inhabited islands. As part of such research, we participated the humanities and social science research from May 2012 to January 2013 by MLTM intended for 171 uninhabited islands in Mokpo City, Yeosu City, Jindo-Gun, and Shinan-Gun of Jeollanam-Do for the purpose of the effective management and utilization of the uninhabited islands. First of all, in this treatise, we report the results of the humanities and sociological research about nine uninhabited islands nearby Gakyeo island in Shinan-Gun of Jeollanam-Do.

• 임규정(군산대학교 철학과) | Gyu-Jung Im
• 이건형(생물학과) | Geon-Hyoung Lee Corresponding Author