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The arrival of this season's first batch of saury was more than a month earlier than last year.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2025
Season's first batch of saury sells for ¥300,000 per kilogram at Toyosu market
It was the first time in three years that saury was landed in July, but there were only 50 kilograms compared to last year's first arrival, which totaled around 42 tons.
Takumi Fukuda of Japan's Fisheries Agency
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2025
Japan and others agree to cut saury catch quota by 10%
The decrease reflects low catches linked to overfishing and changes in the marine environment.
Saury catches have remained sluggish in recent years due to overfishing and changes in the maritime environment.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2025
Saury quota reduction eyed at Northern Pacific fisheries talks in Osaka
Recent poor saury catches reflect past overfishing and changes in the maritime environment.
Ikeda Suisan's saury fishing boat is also being used for tuna fishing.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2024
To stay afloat, some Japanese saury fishers turn to tuna and squid
Saury fishers in Japan are also trying to secure enough income by working during the saury fishing offseason.
This season's first batch of saury that fetched a record high price of ¥500,000 ($3,400) per kilogram at the Toyosu market in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2024
Season's first saury sell at record ¥500,000 at Toyosu market
Some large fish weighing around 140 grams each fetched prices exceeding ¥70,000 for one fish.
Japan's saury catches fell to roughly 18,000 tons in 2022, hitting a record low for the fourth straight year, before picking up slightly to around 25,000 tons last year.
JAPAN
May 25, 2024
Saury fading from Japan's dining tables amid poor catches
Catches of saury are mired in a prolonged slump with no signs of recovery in sight, and those that are caught are often lean and expensive.
Members of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission have agreed to cut the 2024 catch quota for saury in the high seas in the northern Pacific in response to declining resources.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2024
Japan and others agree to cut northern Pacific saury catch quota
Nine economies agreed to introduce the rule to calculate catch quotas based on scientific evidence.
Japan and other countries are holding annual talks on saury catch quota.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2024
Japan and eight other countries discuss saury catch rules
Slated to run until Thursday, the talks will focus on setting calculation rules to allocate catch quotas.
There are a lot of reasons for why the Pacific saury is becoming scarcer, including overfishing in international waters and changing ocean conditions.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Longform
Oct 23, 2023
A saury state: How the price of 'autumn's fish' skyrocketed
A fish so cheap and abundant that even the cats would ignore it, the Pacific saury is becoming a sought-after dish as stocks dwindle.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2023
Saury catches in Japan hit record low for fourth straight year
The historically poor catches of the autumn delicacy reflects a decline in saury stock, as well as smaller catches in Russian waters due to worsened ties between Tokyo and Moscow.
Japan Times
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Sep 19, 2020
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JAPAN
Jul 31, 2018
Japan's saury catch expected to remain low for fourth year
Japan's saury catches this season are expected to remain low for the fourth straight year, sources said on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2017
Catch quotas for Pacific saury
If Japan wants other countries to observe internationally agreed regulations on the fishing of bluefin tuna, Pacific saury and chub mackerel, it must set an example by following them itself.
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