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The colder it gets, the busier the East Sea pufferfish fishing gets! In winter, pufferfish is loved by gourmets for its chewy texture and unique oily taste! That’s why, during this season, you can see ships racing to the sea to catch pufferfish from 4 a.m. at Sokcho Port in Gangwon Province, East Sea, braving the cold. As soon as you arrive at your destination after 20 minutes from the port, you pull up a buoy to check the set net. You have to pull up quickly in order not to miss the buoy in the dark. A set net is a fishing method that sets up a large net in the path that pufferfish travel, and the net is about 500m long. So, the sailors gather their strength to attach the net to the side of the boat, and then use a crane to lift it up. Then, the sailors scoop up the fish caught in the net one by one with a scoop net and lift them onto the boat. It’s said that if you keep repeating this, your back and arms, which you use a lot, will get tired because it’s such a tough job. Pufferfish must be alive to get a good price, so moving them to the tank quickly is key! After moving the pufferfish, you have to sort out the fish that can be sold, so the sailors don’t have time to rest. The hairtail that accumulates fat in its body to survive the winter is so rare that it cannot be sold in the winter. Among them, the large hairtail that weighs over 8kg is superstar-like in popularity! However, it is not easy to find a school of large hairtail that is sold at a high price even after all this hard work... Will the sailors be able to catch the large hairtail? We meet fishermen who go out to sea every day fighting the cold to catch the winter delicacy hairtail. ※ Extreme Job - Early Winter Sea Delicacy East Sea Hairtail West Sea Crab (2023.12.02)