Due to the increasing number of closed fishing areas and fishing periods in Japan, it is difficult to catch a high volume of crab, and most of the crab distributed in the Japanese market is from Russia.
Due to the Japan-Russia anti-poaching agreement, the amount of Russian king crab imported into Japan has decreased sharply, and the supply of Alaskan king crab has increased rapidly. There are also king crabs from Canada, Norway, and Argentina.
In the waters near Hokkaido, fishing crabs is difficult due to the closed fishing areas and restricted fishing periods. Therefore, fishers often go to the Sea of Okhotsk to catch them. Even if the king crab caught in the Sea of Okhotsk by Japanese ships is sold as Hokkaido, it tastes the same as the one from Russia. Many times, the origin of the crab says "made in Japan" or "domestic", but the origin of the crab is overseas, and the product is just processed in Japan.
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