Demand for seafood is provided free of charge in support of fishermen Corona impact June 22 12:17
We are making efforts to purchase Thai and tuna, whose demand has dropped due to the effect of the new coronavirus, by utilizing our national business, and provide them as sashimi at the department stores for free.
This effort is being carried out by a union made at a fish shop to help fishermen whose incomes have been declining due to the continued slump in demand for marine products due to fewer opportunities to eat out.
On the 22nd, 100 grams of red sea bream sashimi was distributed free of charge to customers who purchased seafood at a fish shop in the basement of a department store in Tokyo, Ikebukuro.
The red sea bream was purchased by the union using the country's economic measures against the new coronavirus, and it is said that this store will provide about 400 kg in the upper limit in 4 days and hope to restore the sales of marine products. is.
It is planned to be held at 127 stores nationwide such as Tokyo, Saitama, and Aichi, which are companies that belong to the union, and we plan to provide scallops and bigeye tuna for free through August.
Mitsutoshi Okawa, a member of the Tokyo Fish Market Purchasing Cooperative, said, "Fishers have suffered a great deal of damage, such as restaurants being closed and fish losing their place. We will continue to support them so that they can continue production. I want to go."