The Pacific saury again falls into the "low yield curse," Japanese authorities predict the fish population will delay reaching shore, with individual fish being slightly larger.

Although the total offshore biomass increased slightly from 922,000 tons in 2024 to about 1.1 million tons, it is still the sixth lowest since 2003. What is most worrying for the industry is that the first fishing area (west of 165 degrees east longitude), considered the "key fishing ground" for Japan's coastal operations, accounts for only 14.6% of the total resources, a significant drop from 52.8% last year. This change means that Japan's coastal fishing grounds may face a lack of tuna in the early fishing season, with the arrival of fish potentially delayed by 1 to 2 months, affecting the fishing window. However, there are some slightly encouraging signs. The FRA predicts that the individual tuna in the early part of this year, from August to September, will be larger than in recent years, with an average weight of 120 to 140 grams, higher than the usual 110 to 120 grams in recent years. The length of some first-year fish is expected to exceed 29 centimeters, which may help ...