Last month's transaction price for the winter taste "Echizen crab" in Fukui Prefecture plummeted to less than half the previous month's price.
Prices are volatile, and Fukui is worried that the suspension of Go To Travel will have a significant impact and could continue if the state of emergency is prolonged.
The transaction price of snow crab in Fukui prefecture, which is known as the "Echizen crab" brand, was 15,796 yen per kilogram for males last December, as demand for inns and restaurants increased due to Go To Travel at the beginning of this season. It was 55% higher than the same month of the year.
However, after Go To Travel was suspended at the end of December, it plummeted, and last month it was 6648 yen, which was about 15% cheaper than the same month of the previous year.
In the auction held on the 7th in Echizen Town, where the landing is the most, the price is returning to the normal level due to the influence of bad weather, but it has been significantly cheaper than the high price in December last year. is.
A middleman who wholesales crabs to the inn said, "The price is high until December, there are no goods in January and February, and it is difficult in Corona."
Takayoshi Ogura, managing director of the Echizen Town Fisheries Cooperative, said, "I had a lot of trouble with the crabs at the inn because of the temporary suspension of Go To Travel. I am very worried about what the price will be as a result of the state of emergency. "