Miyagi Landing skipjack at Ishinomaki fishing port 13:22 on May 8th, the beginning of this season
On the 8th, at the Ishinomaki fishing port in Miyagi, a purse seine fishing boat arrived and the skipjack was landed for the first time this season.
On the morning of the 8th, Ishinomaki Fishing Port received a net fishing boat from Aomori Prefecture, and 5 tons of skipjack caught off Hachijojima were landed.
According to the local fish market, it is the first time for bonitos to land at Ishinomaki fishing port, and this is the time of year.
The landed skipjacks were placed on a belt conveyor one after another and sorted by size.
At the fish market, middlemen gathered and tended immediately, and it was about 500 yen per kilometer on average, it was a first item and it was traded at a price more than 100 yen higher than the market price.
According to the fish market, fish transaction prices are on the decline, with demand for restaurants and other facilities falling due to the effect of the new coronavirus, and flatfish and flounder falling below half of the average year.
Shigeki Sasaki, President of Ishinomaki Fish Market, said, `` Hotels and restaurants are in a difficult situation right now, but I think that demand will increase as the number of customers gradually returns, so I would like to expect future bonito landing. '' It was