Picture Japanese sushi, and the first fish that comes to mind is likely tuna. From lean akami to buttery chutoro, tuna is broken down into various cuts. This isn’t filleting — to butcher such a large ...

A bluefin tuna was sold for about 16.88 million yen (approximately $146K) at Tokyo’s annual New Year tuna auction in Japan. The 211 kgs. (approximately 465 lbs.) tuna was caught off Japan’s northern ...

In May, Japanese fisherman Tadasuke Nakamura noticed he had an abnormally large haul of bluefin tuna in his set net off the Pacific coast of Hakodate, on ...

The "Japan Tuna Fish Market Trends and Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Japan Tuna Fish Market is anticipated to grow to US$ 1.94 billion in 2024 and is ...

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has agreed to increase the catch quota by 1.5 times for bluefin ...

Japan called for increasing the overall catch quota for large bluefin tuna in the western and central Pacific to 14,836 tons ...

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year ...

Japan is the world’s biggest consumer of tuna. Fishermen on the island of Iki are challenging official policy so as to stop the decline of Pacific bluefin tuna stocks. Pieces of tuna for sale near the ...

Japan has proposed raising its catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish so highly prized for sushi and sashimi that its population is at less than 5% of historical levels. An online meeting of ...