Japan updates aquaculture strategy to focus on expanding exports and productivity as domestic demand drops
Seafood
Japan
Published Sep 21, 2021
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The demand for seafood in Japan, once one of the top consumers of seafood in the world, has been on a steady decline for several years now, and the Japan Fisheries Agency (JFA), housed under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), has confirmed that this situation is not likely to improve. “Japan has always been a large market for seafood [but] domestic demand will be decreasing in the long run as our society continues to shrink and age – the aquaculture sector in particular is very dependent on domestic demand, and as this demand shrinks, it means the sector will find it difficult to see growth, ”said JFA via its latest Aquaculture Growth Industrialization Comprehensive Strategy documentation. “In the past 20 years when Japan's aquaculture industry has matured and stagnated, the world's aquaculture production has increased about four times and is expected to continue to grow. “[As such], it is necessary to increase seafood exports, and also that there is great ...
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