Chris Loew

Reporting on the Japanese seafood market and marine resource management

[Chris Loew @ckloew1]

Toyosu bonito (katsuo) wholesale prices held near year-earlier levels in May despite smaller fish dominating much of the spring supply.

New J-Fish report with six-month Toyosu price chart:
https://t.co/nENSbQkac0
@kyokuyo_PR @yamaki_official
#katsuo #skipjack #Toyosu

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@feed_economy_jp "Salmon" in Japan includes trout.

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MSC krill certification challenged.

@AntarcticaSouth and @WWFLeadOceans object over concentrated fishing in predator feeding areas.

https://t.co/R4fssprYpb

[Chris Loew @ckloew1]

It seems that no other regular, English-language price data for seafood at the Toyosu market is publicly available online, as the official market prices are published by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government only in Japanese.

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My site now has bilingual (English/Japanese) seafood price and volume data from Tokyo's Toyosu Market--updated daily. Tuna, yellowtail, and much more.
https://t.co/78P1ejYP6a
#ToyosuMarket #SeafoodPrices #WholesaleSeafood

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I'm working on a new website for Japanese seafood news in English. Toyosu auction large fish (tuna, billfish) prices and a few articles are up: https://t.co/rmhrdCGC6v

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Looking forward to the seafood show at Tokyo Big Sight next week!

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Sea surface temp in waters around Japan have risen 1.5 °C, as compared with 0.62 °C worldwide average. An Aug. 7 Nikkei article says that Nissui and Maruha Nichiro are expanding use of submersible cages with piped feed to keep yellowtail cooler.

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It seems his lunch was rudely interrupted. Inada (young yellowtail) with sardines in belly.

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A Portland State University study found microplastics and other "anthropogenic (man-made) particles" in the muscles tissue--not just the gut--of Oregon-caught fish and shellfish. Link to article: https://t.co/UON5SqTnyi

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After two attempts, Japan and Russia have yet to agree on the terms for 2025 of an agreement to allow fishing in each other's EEZ. Last year's agreement also came after the new year, so it's not unusual, though the fishermen fret over lost fishing time. https://t.co/92THhRfhGy

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Japan's per capita seafood consumption continued to decline last year. Red line is meat, blue line is fish. Big drops in the saury and squid catches account for part of this. The government is promoting boneless, convenient seafood products to rebuild demand.

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Japan's Fisheries Agency has released its annual White Paper. Major policy themes include increasing stock surveys for the switch from TAE to TAC, dealing with ocean warming, promoting exports, and boosting tourism in declining fishing villages.
https://t.co/fs1lJyhauX

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@lotti73 @SkyNews Prior to Brexit you couldn't, as the UK didn't get any of the EU quota. Now it has quota independently of the EU. Global warming is bringing lots of bluefin to the north Atlantic. Go for it! https://t.co/pZJlxQKs3Z

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Video (Japanese, English) of the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium 2024 is online. https://t.co/xyrkEYagng The focus has been broadened to include labor rights and blue finance. A topic needing more attention is protecting the livelihoods of small-scale fishermen.

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An upwelling of cold water may be behind a mass beaching of sardines in Hokkaido. "They're starting to rot. The smell isn't bad yet because the temperatures are low, but I hope they dispose of them soon."
https://t.co/bfA9VjAQ1o
#sardinebeaching

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@domdyer70 The IUCN now lists the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) at “near threatened," two levels up from "endangered." Limits on juvenile harvests are working. The big price is just for media attention--a stunt. https://t.co/0L3eBnNOTQ

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We’ll, I found my answer on Fishbase: long barbelled grunter, Hapalogenys sennin (“higedai” in Japanese).

[Chris Loew @ckloew1]

Hey, fishy friends! Who can help identify this warm water fish that has recently started showing in numbers up off Choshi Japan? Another global warming range shift?

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Russia suspended an agreement to let Japan fish near the disputed Southern Kuril Islands. https://t.co/h7geU10KWB