Last year's catch of saury, which continues to be poor, hit a record low for the fourth year in a row.
According to a summary by the Nationwide Saury Pole Net Fishery Cooperative, an industry group made up of saury fishermen, the amount of saury landed at ports nationwide during the main fishing season from August to December was 17,910 tons, a decrease of about 2% compared to the previous year.
This is the lowest number since 1961, when records remain, and has broken record lows for four consecutive years since 2019.
The Fisheries Agency and industry groups have analyzed that changes in ocean currents due to global warming and other factors have made fishing grounds farther away, making it more difficult for juvenile fish to grow.
On the other hand, the annual transaction price per 10 kg of saury at the production area averaged 5,758 yen, about 7% lower than the previous year, because the saury that were caught from August to September, when fishing began, was relatively small. %It became cheaper.
An industry group said, ``The current situation is that even if you go to distant fishing grounds, you will not be able to catch even if you go to distant fishing grounds, with fuel prices soaring. I'm talking to