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※ This video is part of <Extreme Jobs - Anchovy Fishing Part 1-2> that aired from October 7 to 8, 2009. Chuja Island, Jeju City, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Chuja Island, famous for anchovy fishing, is very busy in September. At 6 p.m., people board anchovy fishing boats and head out into the dark sea. In the dark night, the crew is busy catching anchovies, illuminating the pitch-black darkness of the vast ocean. Anchovies are a type of fish that respond well to light, so they use fishing lights to guide schools of anchovies into the nets to catch them. Even if machines are used, the work of pulling up the anchovies caught in the nets is still a manual task! The weight of the net, which is made up of water and anchovies, reaches 5 tons. The work of pulling up the nets by hand by 8 crew members is even more tense and dangerous because it is dark at night. On days with bad weather, the high waves make the danger even greater. Sailors who go out to catch anchovies with dreams of a full catch. We meet the men of the sea who go out to catch anchovies day and night. Anchovy fishing with a shoal that lights up the night sea of Chujado! Chujado, located in the northern seas of Jeju City. Chujado, which relies on the fishing industry as its main industry, is especially famous for anchovy fishing. Anchovy fishing is in full swing from August to September. At 6 p.m., the Yeongcheonho sets sail powerfully to finally catch anchovies. Anchovies are fish that respond well to light, so they are gathered using a fishing light (a light used to gather photophobic fish) and then a long-barreled net is set up horizontally to guide the school of anchovies into the net to catch them. In order to attract the anchovies, which are sensitive to sound and light, they constantly tap the deck with iron pipes, and it is such a tough job that their arms and shoulders never feel sore. Finally, a school of anchovies is discovered, and the sailors’ joyful screams reverberate across the vast ocean. After a brief break, they discover a school of anchovies, and once again begin to lure them by shaking their fishing lights and hitting their heavy iron pipes with all their might. The scene where they find a school of anchovies is reminiscent of a battlefield. All-night anchovy pickling! The best silver anchovies caught in the night sea of Chujado! The Yeongcheonho crew, who arrived at the port carrying the thick and fresh anchovies, a specialty of Chujado, are busy unloading them to supply fresh anchovies to the merchants waiting at the port. From small merchants to large merchants, they move busily to buy the best Chujado anchovies, and trucks loaded with the caught Chujado anchovies swell with silver waves. It is not only the crew who stay up all night during the two-month anchovy season. Chujado anchovies are usually 8-10cm in size, making them perfect for salted seafood. Anchovies are a type of fish that die within 5 minutes of being caught, so they wait for anchovy fishing boats all night to make anchovy sauce because they need freshness. That’s why people who make anchovy sauce stay up all night not knowing when the boat will come in. Because there are people who stay up all night, the anchovy sauce from Chujado is considered a luxury. Continued bad catches of anchovies, find a golden fishing ground! The crew of Yeongcheonho have been unable to catch anchovies for two days due to worsening sea conditions. Today, they pray for a good catch and throw bait (alcohol offered to the gods) into the sea and cast a gosurae. The weak anchovies are easily caught when the current is strong, as they are pushed down to the island. However, on the third day, the tide is not right. The crews look at the sea with nervous eyes, and they are frustrated because the anchovy school is not properly formed. If they don’t catch anchovies today, it will be the third day without a catch. The captain, who is constantly circling the sea to catch a school of anchovies, is very anxious. He constantly bangs the iron pipe on the deck and shakes the fishing lights, but the anchovies do not form well. The next day, the tide is good and they set sail, but the competition with other fishing boats is fierce. The other anchovy fishing boats have already started fishing, but the sailors are anxious. The anchovy fishing chase finally begins. - The anchovy fishing chase begins! Yeongcheonho, which has been experiencing poor anchovy fishing for three days. Today, the tide is right, so they start fishing busily. However, the other anchovy fishing boats are already busy fishing. The anchovy fishing boat crews are usually friendly neighbors, but they become fierce rivals on the rough seas. Yeongcheonho, like a hyena hunting for food, also hurriedly sets sail to catch a school of anchovies. In the competition to catch a lot of anchovies, the sailors endure the pain of their arms falling off, and they constantly strike the deck and shake their fishing lights to attrac