Land: Japan

Japanese coast guard has detained a Taiwanese fishing boat for allegedly trespassing into waters near Japan’s Miyako Islands was released yesterday.

The scientific committee of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has called for halving of bluefin tuna catches.

There is growing conflict in the Tsugaru Strait between tuna fishermen using the rod-and-line technique and others who use the longline method.

The Tosakatsuo Suisan Japan pole and line skipjack tuna fishery has been entered MSC certification assessment.

Japanese tuna boat was fined $300,000 for offences in Solomons waters, says the Government Communications Unit report.

The demand for Japanese bluefin tuna has brought the species to the brink of extinction, says researcher.

The Kyoto Danish Seine Fishing Federation (KDSFF)[1] snow crab and flathead flounder fishery has been certified under the Marine Stewardship Council standard as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. Although MSC eco-labelled products are proving popular in Japan, this is the first Japanese fishery to be certified

Japanese tuna are given samba-dancing lessons, acupuncture, in an effort to produce the most delicious sushi in the world.

Increasing rage for Japanese sushi and sashimi has threatened the stocks of the Mediterranean’s most emblematic residents: the bulefin tuna.

The fishermen in Japan are ready to strike to protest rising fuel prices which put their occupation at risk.