What's the representative fish species on the East Coast? 15kg of defense is in full swing.

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Spring is called Dodari, summer croaker, autumn gizzard shad, and winter is called defense.

It is known to be a fish species that is caught a lot in Jeju, but the east coast of Gangwon-do has become the main production area due to the rise in sea temperature.

Reporter Hong Sung-wook went to the seasonal defense shipment site.

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A fish farm arrived by boat from Daepohang, Sokcho.

On the floating sea, the crew pulling up the net is busy.

It is a winter defense that has been raised in a fish farm for nearly a year.

It is more than 1 m long and has a thick body.

The defense taken out using heavy equipment is full of nets.

[Kim Hyuk-soo / Defense aquaculture fishermen: Defense has grown well this year. It's an extra-large defense that weighs more than 12 kilograms on average. We're preparing to ship according to today's shipment, and we're preparing to ship it out of the cage.]

The fishing boat arrived at the port again after carrying all the defenses in about two hours.

The shipment will begin in earnest.

weigh one, weigh one,

"14.4㎏!"

Even if it weighs more than 8kg, it is classified as a great defense, and the Daepohang defense weighs nearly twice as much.

Fleshy yellowtail is sold to various parts of the country.

" (Where are you going?) Jeju Island, Seoul, Daejeon!"

a defense that was usually caught in Jeju,
It came up to the east coast of Gangwon-do
and has caught more than 10,000 tons over the past two years, making it the number one catch on the east coast of Gangwon-do.

The rise in water temperature is the cause, and the east coast is now the main defense production area.

It's a defense that has become the backbone of the East Coast. It weighs well over 10kg. Winter is in season now.

I'm also worried.

Cheap Japanese imported defences are sold as domestic defences everywhere, so the number of sales is decreasing.

[Kim Pil-soo / Defense aquaculture fishermen: Merchants get Japanese defense when the economy is in a bad state, so consumers don't have to tell them about it, but consumers who cut it and eat it don't know if it's Japanese, not domestic.]

Gangwon Province plans to strengthen the country of origin marking inspection to protect fishermen.

In addition, we are considering growing related industries and holding festivals to inform the defense that has already become the main fish species on the east coast of Gangwon-do.

[Jung Il-seop / Gangwon-do Global Headquarters: We plan to come up with various measures to foster defense as a representative high value-added fish species in Gangwon-do.]

a yellowtail that has become a representative fish species on the east coast

It is revitalizing winter port by succeeding in fishing as well as aquaculture.

I'm YTN's Hong Sung Wook.



Filmmaker: Hong Do-young