Snow Crab Fishing Season Opened in the Sea of Japan, Branded Crab Sold for JPY 310 Million
The 2022 opilio snow crab fishing season opened on November 6 in the Sea of Japan west of Toyama Prefecture. At the first auctions in various places, a 2.2 kg crab of the highest-grade live crab, branded "Kiwami" out of a local generic brand known as Echizen crab, sold at 3.1 million yen ($22,334) per crab at the Fukui Echizen fishing port, surpassing the previous year's 800,000 yen ($5,763). In addition, new brands such as "Kiraboshi" in Hyogo Prefecture and...
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