Pacific saury is big in Japan—especially in autumn ... Also known as sanma and mackerel pike, the fish is very high in fatty acids and has a flavor akin to sardines or anchovies.

Poor saury catches continue while the fish keep shrinking in size as global warming hammers the traditional autumn delicacy in Japan, researchers say. The nationwide haul of saury, or “sanma ...

Fears are being raised that Pacific saury, a seasonal specialty in Japan in autumn, will continue to shrink in size due to climate change that is depriving the fish of their primary food resource.

Members of a fisheries conference in Tokyo agreed for the first time to limit saury catches in the North Pacific. The move comes as growing demand for the fish threatens its sustainability.

Only 30,000 tonnes of the popular Pacific saury fish, for instance, was caught in 2020, compared with 229,000 tonnes in 2014. But Takemura and his colleagues have an ambitious new plan to revamp ...

At the previous meeting, in April 2024, participants agreed to introduce a rule to calculate catch quotas based on data and ...

Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan and eight other economies agreed Thursday to reduce this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 10 pct to 202,500 tons. The decrease reflects ...