About Fishing

With nearly 30,000 km of coastline, Japan’s geographical conditions are very favourable for fishing. It is therefore no surprise that Japanese fishermen net an average of 4.8 million tonnes of fish per year. However, the industry on the decline and production is falling. As a result, Japan has had to increase its imports to meet its consumption needs.

Japan Statistics Bureau, Statistical Handbook of Japan 2014, 2014

Table of Contents

• Consumption
• Fishery Workers
• Production
• Production by Fishery Type and Species
• Capture production per species
• Aquaculture production per species
• Imports
• Tuna imports
• Shrimp imports 
• Salmon imports
• EU-Japan EPA
• Expert Report
• Annual Report
• Further readings
• Relevant Organisations and Trade Fairs