Land: Japan

At the time of crisis when the fishing stocks decline Japanese firm Mitsubishi hoards frozen bluefin tuna.

As Tokyo’s mighty Tsukiji fish market has slammed the closing hammer on its morning auctions, hot tuna demand faces cold reality.

The growing demand of bluefin tuna for sashimi has bring the species to verge of extinction and Japanese scientists are searching way out.

Japan’s Fisheries Agency said on Monday ships from the country’s

Adult (i.e. sexually mature) eels have been avoiding capture for

Two certification organizations are making gradual inroads into the Japanese seafood market.

Japan needs to have good manners at fish market as tourists are behaving abnormal during the auction of tuna.

As the quota for pollock is cut the Japanese fishermen instantly switch over to whitefish to meet their demand and supply.

The Japanese yen has rises 24 percent against US dollars and that has marred the results of seafood exports.

In the East Sea of Japan a trawler got missing without sending any alert to the coast guard office of the Ulsan.