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Among the fishermen who travel the rough West Sea at Garyeokdo Port in Buan, Jeollabuk-do, there is one person who stands out. He is Captain Lee Bong-guk, a rookie fisherman who has been fishing for 8 months! The young captain, 32 years old, left the busy city a year ago and returned to his hometown of Buan, but he had a hard time at first because he had no knowledge of the sea. Compared to other captains who have lived their entire lives at sea, Captain Lee Bong-guk is still learning by trying various things because he is very inexperienced. He sets sail every morning at 5 a.m. and heads out to the open sea, but for a rookie captain, even finding a fishing spot is difficult. Even after much thought, he always has to be nervous about whether the net will get tangled with another boat's net. Since it is a 'coastal gillnet' method where the net is cast the day before and pulled up the next day, he moves the boat to find the net he set up yesterday. He has to remove the crabs that have been caught in the net one by one, and the most important thing is to cut off the claws. If the crabs attack each other and get hurt, the commercial value drops by half or more. This year, the West Sea crab catch, which was a bumper crop, averages about 300kg per day, which is about half that of veteran fishermen, but even this amount of fruit is a blessing for rookie fishermen. We captured the ups and downs of catching crabs with Captain Lee Bong-guk, who has been a fisherman for 8 months. ※ Extreme Jobs - Delicacies of the West Sea, Mackerel and Crab (2019. 10. 30) #SeaDocumentary #Mackerel #Autumn #Fishing #MackerelSashimi