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There was a time when squid was not caught, so it was called a gold squid. Recently, the east coast of Gangwon-do is said to be full of squid. 

Reporter Cho Jae-geun has been to the field.

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morning, fishing boats that went out overnight return to the harbor one by one.

Each fishing boat has a lot of squid.

Squid taboo was released last month, but since the beginning of this month, the catch has increased significantly, and on average, about 180 fishing boats a day have been caught in Gangwon Province.

[Yoon Kook-jin/Captain Squid Fishing: Now all the fishermen have a flower of laughter on their faces. (It’s been a while?) Yes, it is. It's been a long time.]

Over the past three weeks, squid caught on the east coast of Gangwon was 943 tons, four times higher than last year and two times higher than the average of the last four years.

It is a time when young squid born in the past autumn moves to the north because this year the water temperature near the land is 3 to 4 degrees higher than in the previous year.

[Kim Jung-jin/National Fisheries Research and Development Institute Doctor: The best water temperature for squid catching is 17 to 18 degrees. For the previous year, while primarily formed in the East meonbada year, coastal water temperature is 3-4 degrees up while then more fishing vessels are fishing the nearby coastal squid are concentrated (increased catches.)

As catches increased to 20 The auction price, which was 70 to 80,000 won, recently went down to 30,000 to 30,000 won.

[Ha Seon-ho/Gangwon-do Wonju-si: (for a while) I haven't eaten, because it was expensive. But today, it’s a little cheaper to eat. (How many did you buy?) Seven. (How long did you

live ?) 10,000 won.] The squid fisheries formed on the east coast are expected to continue for some time, and fishermen are expected to revitalize the stagnant fishing village.

(Video coverage: Heo Chun)