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Japan’s own fishing for bluefin tuna barely satisfies its appetite. The country imports four-fifths of the expensive Atlantic bluefin every year. A large fish can fetch up to $100,000.
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The Cool Down on MSNOfficials ban fishing practice that gained popularity through social media — here's what you need to knowThe decision came amid a surge in foreign visitors. Officials ban fishing practice that gained popularity through social ...
Overfishing of the glass eel is, undoubtedly, the source of the problem. Each year, Japanese people eat more than a hundred thousand tons of eel, which usually amounts to about seventy-five per ...
TOKYO – Nothing highlights Japan's insatiable hunger for tuna like the fish aisle at a supermarket — brick-size chucks of savory red meat, trays of delicately sliced sashimi and shelf-loads of ...
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Agence France-Presse on MSNEel-eating Japan opposes EU call for more protectionJapan's agriculture minister said Friday the country would oppose any call by the European Union to add eels to an endangered species list that would limit trade in them.Eel is eaten worldwide but is ...
Japanese sushi maestro Jiro Ono, whose creations were recently enjoyed by U.S. President Barack Obama and are heralded as the best in the world, warned Tuesday of a sea change in ingredients due to… ...
Adding eel to endangered species list could limit trade in popular Japanese food Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
Koizumi told reporters that the country carefully manages stock levels of the Japanese eel in cooperation with its neighbors.
There are 19 species and subspecies of eel, many of them now threatened due to a range of factors including pollution and overfishing. In 2014, the Japanese eel was listed as endangered, but not ...
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