The winter taste of the Sea of Japan, snow crab fishing, has been lifted from the 6th, and the first auction of this season was held at the fishing port in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Snow crab fishing in Hyogo Prefecture was lifted on the 6th, and at Tsuiyama Port in Toyooka City, small boats that started fishing returned to the port one after another before noon at the same time as the date changed and landed snow crab.
The snow crabs were sorted by size, weight, and appearance, and then lined up at the auction site for the first auction.
The male snow crab landed at Tsuiyama Port is known as "Tsuiyama Crab" and is offered at restaurants and inns in Keihanshin, including the nearby Kinosaki Onsen.
A man from a fish store in Kinosaki Onsen said with satisfaction, "I have a lot of reservations from the inn where there are customers who want to eat when the ban is lifted. I bought a good crab."
Shinji Kawajiri, chief of the Tsuiyama branch of the Tajima Fisheries Cooperative, said, "The price was good for the first day. I'm wondering what the spread of the new coronavirus will be in the future. I want you to support me. "