Landing of Pacific saury at Hanasaki Port, Nemuro City, Hokkaido

Nationwide pacific saury full season, lowest for 3 consecutive years

JAPAN
Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 07:00 (GMT + 9)

On the 7th, the National Pacific Saury Stick Net Fishery Cooperative announced the landing status of the 2021 saury stick net fishery. The total amount of landings nationwide was 18,291 tonnes, a significant decrease from 38% compared to the previous year, establishing a new historical low for the third consecutive year.

The quantity of fish landed at Hanasaki Port in Nemuro City, Hokkaido, increased by 22% from the previous year to 10,480 tonnes, maintaining the position of "the highest quantity of saury landed in Japan" that has been held since 10 years for 12 consecutive years. .

The total volume of landings in Hokkaido was 11,945 tonnes, 3% more than the previous year due to the increase in the port of Hanasaki, which occupies most of the territory. However, the Akkeshi fishing port decreased 52% to 1,350 tons, the Kushiro port decreased 24% to 115 tons and the Hamanaka fishing port decreased from 17 tons the previous year to 0 tons.

On the other hand, the total amount of landings in Honshu focused on Sanriku was 6,346 tonnes, a decrease of 65% from the previous year. According to the Fisheries Information Service Center (Tokyo), warm seawater stagnated off the east coast of Hokkaido, and the cold-water shoal of Pacific sauryfish barely made its way ashore to the south. by Sanriku. The main fishing ground was the far high seas east of Hanasaki Harbor, and many fishing boats landed at Hanasaki Harbor near the high seas to save fuel costs.

In 2020, the port of Hanasaki was down 47% year-on-year, while Honshu was down 6% year-on-year. "This year, the stagnation of warm seawater has changed the situation. Fishing for saury has become difficult and difficult to predict," the center said. (Masami Ohno)

Source: Asahi Shimbun Digital

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