Lotte Mart Begins Selling 'Fresh Flower Crabs' After Closed Season Ends

Lotte Mart will start selling autumn crabs from the 22nd to the 29th. The photo shows models promoting autumn male crabs at Lotte Mart Seoul Station.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Lotte Mart will showcase freshly caught new-season crabs at all stores from the 22nd until September 2nd, immediately after the closed season ends.

Spring crabs are known as female crabs full of roe, while autumn crabs caught after the closed season are famous as male crabs with firm meat. The crabs being introduced this time are autumn crabs caught after the closed season from June 21 to August 20.

To ensure a stable supply of crabs this fall, Lotte Mart secured quantities through pre-contracts with 10 crab fishing fleets and will sell "West Coast new-season crabs (around 100g)" for 1,280 KRW and "West Coast new-season crabs (3kg/1 box)" for 29,700 KRW.

Notably, the crabs being introduced this time are caught using the yujamang method. Yujamang is a fishing method where nets are floated in areas with strong currents to catch crabs entangled in the nets, differing from the trap method that catches crabs on the seabed. Crabs caught by yujamang mostly swim in the currents before being caught, resulting in larger size and fuller meat.

Through this, Lotte Mart secured about 100 tons of crabs for the first crab event of the year, which will be available until September 2, and plans to continue discounted crab promotions until the end of October.

Lee Yong-ho, head of Lotte Mart’s seafood team, said, “Customers can find fresh crabs caught right after the closed season at our stores,” adding, “It will be the first opportunity this year to taste male crabs full of meat.”

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