Happy to learn that Soltuna has passed lab tests & made the shelves in Abu Dubai’s Talent Seafood Trading😍 Thank you to all who pioneered this, esp. our pavilion team in the Dubai 2020 Expo. Can’t wait for more of the 🌎 to know how amazing our 🇸🇧 tuna is!! 📷 Kelepi Abariga FB

Air-flown Atlantic salmon from Norway in short supply in Japan, due to closure of Russian airspace. Tasmanian salmon stands to benefit. Houn and Tassal are the major farmers there. (Video in Japanese) youtube.com/watch?v=tRI1UL…

Stockpiles should buffer Japan's big sushi chains from a shortage of Russian supplied items, but smaller shops are not so well prepared. asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…

Two whaling vessels left the port of Ishinomaki on Sunday for the minke whale hunt. This is the fourth year since Japan resumed commercial whaling. khb-tv.co.jp/news/14589417

The Tokyo sustainable seafood summit 2021 archive was opened for viewing: sustainableseafoodnow.com/2021/en/progra…

Russia suspended an agreement to let Japan fish near the disputed Southern Kuril Islands. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…

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." english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/0… #sardinebeaching

Video (Japanese, English) of the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium 2024 is online. sustainableseafoodnow.com/2024/en/speake… 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.

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. jfa.maff.go.jp/j/kikaku/wpape…

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.

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. paluba.media/news/184703

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: frontiersin.org/journals/toxic…

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

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.

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

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: j-fish.com/news/k-grid.ht…