Japanese Wholesalers Feel Crisis: Ikura May Be Bumped from Store Shelves.
Ahead of the full-scale start of Hokkaido's fall chum salmon fishery in September, domestic ikura salmon caviar inventories are estimated at 800 tons. Last year's exceptionally poor catch led to record-low production of Hokkaido-origin ikura and record-high prices.
High prices—including for imports—led to sluggish sales, leaving significant volumes of unsold stock. The Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations (DOGYOREN) disclosed these supply-and-demand trends on August 18 at a liaison meeting for major salmon, trout, and roe wholesalers...
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