Spring fishing for Sakura shrimp, a specialty of Suruga Bay, began, and at the first auction held at the Yui fishing port in Shizuoka City on the morning of the 31st, the average price per 15 kilometers was about 80,000 yen, which was more than 20% higher than last year. It was.
Suruga Bay's specialty sakura shrimp, which is fished in spring and autumn, continues to have record poor fishing, but the fishermen's association says that it will carry out spring fishing while protecting resources by self-regulation such as restrictions on fishing grounds. On the morning of the 31st, the first bid for sakura shrimp landed at the Yui fishing port in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City was held.
The amount of landing on the first day was about 2.2 tons, which is almost the same as last year, and the middlemen who confirmed the color and freshness of the shrimp bid off one after another.
According to the union, in the first auction on the morning of the 31st, the average price per 15 kg per case was 84,041 yen, which was more than 20% higher than last year.
One of the middlemen said, "The food service industry is in a difficult situation, but I think that the market price has risen because of the good things."
Junichi Miyahara, the head of the Yui Port Fisheries Cooperative, said, "I was worried about the effects of the new coronavirus, but I was relieved that the price was high. I can expect a little improvement. "
Spring fishing is until June 4, and depending on the catch and other conditions, it will end ahead of schedule.