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It is difficult for the farmers, but the fishermen on the east coast do not have a bright expression.

Although squid fishing has resumed since last month, the catch has greatly decreased and oil prices have skyrocketed.



Correspondent Jo Jae-geun.



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Early in the morning, the ships return to the port one by one from the distant sea.



Each fish tank contains fresh squid, and the squid that has been successfully bid at the auction is transferred directly to a live fish truck.



On the east coast of Gangwon-do, squid fishing, which was banned for a month in April, resumed last month.



On the east coast of Gangwon-do, an average of 50 fishing boats are engaged in squid fishing per day, but the catch has significantly decreased compared to the previous year.



Once they go out, they fish for 4 days 3 nights to 5 days 4 nights, but the catch is only 30% of the normal level.



[Jeong Young-geun / 2nd generation wealthy shipowner: (Based on 20) I caught one 500 each, but now the amount of meat has decreased a bit, so I came in in 4 nights and 5 days today, but I only caught 270.] If



the squid fishing grounds are the same as last year, 3 It was formed at a distance of ~4 hours, but this year it has to travel as little as 7 hours and as much as 15 hours.



They use two or three times more oil, but the price of duty-free oil has also skyrocketed more than double in a year, causing double suffering to fishermen.



[Kim Seong-soo / Captain Moon Chang-ho: It takes a lot of oil.

7 drums to 10 drums.

So there's nothing left.

Because the price of oil is high, I go to a distant sea, so even if there is some meat, there is not much to eat after paying the oil price.]



Due to the different daily catches, the successful bid price for 20 fish also varies widely from 50,000 won to 100,000 won.



[Heo Hoe-cheol/Tourist: (retail price) 2 large ones for 10,000 won, 3 small ones for 10,000 won, etc. seems appropriate, in my opinion.]



The annual catch of squid was over 200,000 tons in the early 2000s .

Recently, fishermen are getting more worried as they have met the double high of high oil prices in a situation that has decreased to 50,000 tons.



(Video coverage: Heo Chun)