The last auction of fish market that continued unfishing such as saury Iwate Ofunato December 29 12:04
At the fish market in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, where fisheries such as saury and salmon continued to be caught, the last auction this year was held on the morning of the 29th.
At Ofunato Fish Market, fishing boats entered the port after 5:00 am, and mackerel and other fish were landed one after another.
Soon, the auctioneers were auctioned, and the middlemen auctioned one after another according to the aggressive shouts of the auctioneers.
However, due to continued unfishing in this fish market, the landed value from April to 28th was about 4.85 billion yen, about 960 million yen less than at the same time of the previous year.
In particular, saury, which has one of the largest catches in the country every year, recorded a record-break of 63%, down by 6449 tons, and a 79.5 ton drop in catch of salmon, 79%.
Mitsuo Sato, Senior Managing Director of Ofunato Fish Market, said, “It has been a difficult year in Ofunato for major fisheries such as saury, salmon, and squid. I want to expect. "
The first auction will be held at the Ofunato Fish Market on January 4 of the new year.