Chris Loew

The nonprofit financial think tank Planet Tracker has released a study asserting that Japanese companies highly exposed to seafood are beginning to suffer constraints from the country’s overfished resources and that their valuations over the last decade have declined as a result.

Titled “Against the Tide – The Japanese Seafood Industry Confronts Nature’s Limits,” the report is mainly aimed at institutional

Japan’s whaling season began on 3 April. This is the third year Japan has allowed commercial whaling within its own exclusive economic zone (EEZ) since withdrawing from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW).

Previously, Japan had conducted whaling in Antarctic and North Pacific waters under an exception for scientific research allowed by ICRW rules. But as the meat was sold in Japan, this was heavily criticized

A newly developed histamine sensor can quickly and inexpensively measure histamine – the cause of scomboid poisoning – without the use of reagents.

At 18th Seafood Show Osaka on 17 and 18 March, Tetsuya Kuwabara, the chief engineer of engineering development at Fujidenolo Co., Ltd., displayed the device at the booth of the Osaka Fisheries Research and Education Organization, and presented a seminar on it on the 17th. Fujidenolo is

Advances in the captive breeding and rearing of the East Asian common octopus (Octopus sinensis) were presented in a seminar on 17 March at the 18th Seafood Show Osaka.

In the seminar, organized by the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA), Ayami Sekizawa of the Aquaculture Research Department, of FRA’s Fisheries Technology Institute, discussed her team’s achievements, centered on techniques to reduce mortality in the

Tokyo-based McDonald's Japan Co. has brought back its Rice Teriyaki and Rice Bacon Lettuce rice-burgers, and has added a new item to the series: Rice Fish Japanese-Style Black Pepper. McDonald's stores nationwide will offer the three items from 10 March until early April, but only after 5 p.m.

The initial two items first appeared in February 2020 for a limited time, and were well-received by customers, prompting a return and an extension of the

Japan’s first blue shark and swordfish fishery improvement project (FIP) has been launched by Kesennuma Distant-Water Fisheries Cooperative and Resource, Miyagi Offshore Tuna Fisheries Association, the Economics and the Policy Group at Iwate University, and Seafood Legacy. They aim to acquire Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification by 2026.

Kesennuma was severely damaged by the Tohoku Earthquake a decade ago, but the participating

At the FOODEX JAPAN 2021 trade show, held from 9 to 12 March in Chiba’s Makuhari Messe Hall, tuna packaging methods, Halloween themed fishcakes, and more were on display.

The show, which is not seafood specific, had just 17 exhibitors in the seafood category this year. Strict COVID-19 restrictions in Japan that include a restricted country list, PCR tests, and a quarantine period, all limited the amount of entrants.

Tokyo-based FTI Japan

EcoSeaTech LLC – the Osaka, Japan-based subsidiary of EcoSea Farming SpA, headquartered in Santiago, Chile – is trialing submersible cage systems using copper-alloy netting in Japan.

The parent company, EcoSea Farming, which has a decade of experience in making offshore net systems for various species around the world, utilizes UR30 copper alloy that is patented and produced for aquaculture use by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. It

Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan-based Panasonic Corporation has reached a milestone in its program promoting sustainable seafood.

In a 10 March blog post, the company said it had begun providing certified sustainable seafood in its employee cafeterias at Connected Solutions Company’s Kitakadoma base and Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. Fifty-one of Panasonic’s cafeterias are now serving seafood certified by the Marine