The most popular seafood in South Korea during the holidays are Corvina, large head hairtail, and abalone

Published 2021년 2월 22일

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Gulbi has been the most popular seafood for Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays from 2018 to 2020, with sales totaling 663 million won, 734 million won, and 714 million won respectively. Other seafood such as blacktail, anchovy, squid, and mackerel also were highly sold. Abalone also saw a significant increase in sales, with Wando-gun's e-shop sales increasing by 270% and post office deliveries increasing by 67%. The rise in abalone sales is attributed to non-face-to-face marketing and online discount sales due to the influence of the coronavirus.

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It was found that the most popular seafood on Lunar New Year and Chuseok is Gulbi. According to the data on the sales status of Bada Mart submitted by the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives on the 12th, Rep. Ahn Byung-Gil (the power of the people, Seo-gu and Dong-gu, Busan) of the National Assembly's Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, Marine and Fishery Committee, sold the most before the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays from 2018 to 2020. Seafood food has won the undisputed first place for 3 consecutive years with gulbi. As a result of summing up the sales volume up to 20 days before the day of the holiday, Gulbi sold 663 million won in 2018, 734 million won in 2019, and 714 million won in 2020. Galchi sold 435 million won in 2018, 429 million won in 2019, and 384 million won in 2020, ranking second. Popular seafood foods for the holidays that have been on the top for three years include gulbi and blacktail, anchovy, squid, and mackerel. Rep. Ahn said, ...

Source: Fisheco