Consumers in Japan Feel Effects of Rise in Wholesale Bigeye Tuna Prices
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Japan News] - October 31, 2017
Wholesale prices for bigeye tuna have risen, as lower population numbers for the fish and the effect of fishing regulations have led to declining catch volumes.
Tuna consumption typically peaks during the year-end period, and households are already feeling the higher prices. Bigeye is commonly sold raw as akami maguro in supermarkets and at conveyor-belt sushi restaurants.
In Tokyo’s Tsukiji market, the average price of frozen bigeye tuna in September was ¥1,328 per kilogram — 25 percent higher than in the same month last year. Compared with five years ago, when the wholesale price was below ¥1,000, the...
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