The first landing of saury in Iwate Ofunato is less than 20% compared to last year. August 29, 12:32
Amid the fear of serious unfishing of saury, the first landing this season was carried out at a port in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, which boasts one of the largest landings in Japan. However, the amount of landed fish was less than 20% of last year's, and it was a tough start.
On the 20th of this month, the main fishing boat was banned for saury, but since there are no swarms off the coast of Hokkaido, it is still fishing in the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
Before 6:00 am on the 29th, a large ship entered the Ofunato fishing port, breaking the top of Honshu, and at the port, the saury was scooped out with a net, and the boxed items were carried out by crew members to carry out landing work. I was broken.
The amount of landing on the 29th was about 4 tons, which was less than 20% of the 23 tons of the first landing last year, and it was high in the tender held after that, at 3250 yen per kilo, more than triple the value of last year. Some were marked.
Sanma has been unfished nationwide, and it is feared that landing at Ofunato will break 10,000 tons for the first time in 20 years, and that this will decrease further.
"We have been fishing for 40 years, but every year, we feel that there is no fish in the sea. We have no choice but to do our best in anticipating a big catch," said Yutaka Matsutani, chief fisherman of the Sanma fishing boat.