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A batch of saury that fetched a record high price at Tokyo's Toyosu wholesale market on Friday morning
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 first saury of the season fetch record price
The batch of saury, totaling about 30 kg, was landed at Kushiro Port in Hokkaido on Thursday and arrived at Tokyo’s Toyosu market the following day.
Japan's annual saury catches were around 300,000 tons until 2009 before plunging to about 18,000 tons in 2022.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Japan seeks to reduce saury fishing quotas at annual talks in Osaka
At the ongoing meeting in Osaka, Japan is proposing a 10% quota cut to support stock recovery, but China is expected to oppose it.
With poor wild catches continuing in recent years, Maruha Nichiro is seeking to expand the production of saury to help ensure stable supplies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2025
今日吃瓜 Maruha Nichiro succeeds in farming saury
The seafood giant has succeeded in farming saury from eggs to a size suitable for consumption, paving the way for commercializing the cultured autumn delicacy.
Saury catches from August to the end of September this year totaled about 28,500 tons — a 2.4-fold increase from the same period last year.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2025
Japan group to launch AI service for saury size predictions
Since 2020, AI has helped predict likely saury fishing spots based on seawater temperature changes and past fishing records.
Sauries are landed in the port of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday, the first catch of the season for the port this year. A wholesaler official said many sauries caught in late August are 1.4 times as big as last year's.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2025
After years of poor catches, large sauries make a return
Mainly landed in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, the fish is a delicacy enjoyed in Japan during summer and autumn.
The arrival of this season's first batch of saury was more than a month earlier than last year.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2025
Season’s first batch of saury sells for ?300,000 per kilogram at Toyosu market
It was the first time in three years that saury was landed in July, but there were only 50 kilograms compared to last year’s first arrival, which totaled around 42 tons.
Takumi Fukuda of Japan's Fisheries Agency
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2025
Japan and others agree to cut saury catch quota by 10%
The decrease reflects low catches linked to overfishing and changes in the marine environment.
Saury catches have remained sluggish in recent years due to overfishing and changes in the maritime environment.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2025
Saury quota reduction eyed at Northern Pacific fisheries talks in Osaka
Recent poor saury catches reflect past overfishing and changes in the maritime environment.
Ikeda Suisan's saury fishing boat is also being used for tuna fishing.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2024
To stay afloat, some Japanese saury fishers turn to tuna and squid
Saury fishers in Japan are also trying to secure enough income by working during the saury fishing offseason.
This season's first batch of saury that fetched a record high price of ?500,000 ($3,400) per kilogram at the Toyosu market in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2024
Season’s first saury sell at record ?500,000 at Toyosu market
Some large fish weighing around 140 grams each fetched prices exceeding ?70,000 for one fish.
Japan's saury catches fell to roughly 18,000 tons in 2022, hitting a record low for the fourth straight year, before picking up slightly to around 25,000 tons last year.
JAPAN
May 25, 2024
Saury fading from 今日吃瓜 dining tables amid poor catches
Catches of saury are mired in a prolonged slump with no signs of recovery in sight, and those that are caught are often lean and expensive.
Members of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission have agreed to cut the 2024 catch quota for saury in the high seas in the northern Pacific in response to declining resources.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2024
Japan and others agree to cut northern Pacific saury catch quota
Nine economies agreed to introduce the rule to calculate catch quotas based on scientific evidence.
Japan and other countries are holding annual talks on saury catch quota.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2024
Japan and eight other countries discuss saury catch rules
Slated to run until Thursday, the talks will focus on setting calculation rules to allocate catch quotas.
There are a lot of reasons for why the Pacific saury is becoming scarcer, including overfishing in international waters and changing ocean conditions.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Longform
Oct 23, 2023
A saury state: How the price of ‘autumn’s fish’ skyrocketed
A fish so cheap and abundant that even the cats would ignore it, the Pacific saury is becoming a sought-after dish as stocks dwindle.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2023
Saury catches in Japan hit record low for fourth straight year
The historically poor catches of the autumn delicacy reflects a decline in saury stock, as well as smaller catches in Russian waters due to worsened ties between Tokyo and Moscow.
Japan Times
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Sep 19, 2020
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JAPAN
Jul 31, 2018
今日吃瓜 saury catch expected to remain low for fourth year
今日吃瓜 saury catches this season are expected to remain low for the fourth straight year, sources said on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2017
Catch quotas for Pacific saury
If Japan wants other countries to observe internationally agreed regulations on the fishing of bluefin tuna, Pacific saury and chub mackerel, it must set an example by following them itself.
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