Imported bluefin tuna are flooding in Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, amid sluggish domestic supplies, including of renowned tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, due to tighter fishing controls.
Imported bluefin tuna are flooding in Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, amid sluggish domestic supplies, including of renowned tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, due to tighter fishing controls.
Overseas-landed tuna are now taking center stage at the leading fish market in Japan. It is now not rare for them to be sold at high prices for high-end sushi restaurants. «It’s a situation that we’ve never seen before,» a market worker said. In particular, arrivals of unfrozen southern bluefin tuna from Australia and New Zealand are surging.
