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became difficult to eat outside in the aftermath of Corona 19.

As a result, the number of people who visited Japanese or raw fish stores decreased significantly.

As expensive seafood products such as eel and abalone, which were mainly consumed through these restaurants, are being sold to hypermarkets, more and more people enjoy them at home.



This is reporter Han Ji-yeon.



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Freshwater eel fresh from the production center is weighed and moved to the market.



[By weight, 300g, 600g, 500g, 400g, 7 layers…] At



this apron, about 3 tons of freshwater eel per day are worn in the production area, of which 7, 80% are distributed online.




[Freshwater eel apron general manager: (Order itself) The amount excluded from general restaurants has decreased significantly. (Restaurants and hypermarkets) If it was originally about 7 to 3, it has changed to 3 to 7 now... .] As



eating out decreased due to Corona 19, the demand for expensive seafood such as eel and abalone in Japanese restaurants and raw fish stores dropped sharply.



[President of an eel specialty store: I used to sell 200 (million won) a day, but now... Because it costs several hundred thousand won.]



[Sashimi restaurant owner: There are no reservations at all. All of the below are rooms (group seats), but I haven't received one team for more than a year.] As



consumption shrinks and exports to Japan and China are blocked, the number of fishery products that cannot be shipped from farms is increasing.



In the case of freshwater eel, there are over 106 million eel that are over a year old, up 43% compared to last year.



As a result, the wholesale price of eel fell by nearly 40% compared to the same period last year, and the retail price of abalone fell by 11%.



The number of consumers choosing as home food ingredients has increased rapidly as a promotional event to sell such a ransom product at a low price in large supermarkets and the like has continued.



[Ten minutes only, ten minutes only 50%. character! 50%!]



[Customers who buy freshwater eel: I usually buy it occasionally. Ordering on the Internet... It seems a little cheap now.] As



consumption and exports are unlikely to improve easily, price weakness is expected to continue for the time being.



(Video editing: Soyoung Lee, VJ: Hyunwoo Park)