Japanese Fisheries, 1989. (Fishing Industry Annual)

摘要

Japan's total fisheries harvest (commercial catch and aquaculture) for 1989 was 11.9 million metric tons (t), with a value of $19.7 billion. This represented a decrease in quantity of approximately 7 percent from the 1988 harvest of 12.8 million tons. This is the first time since 1983 that total production has fallen below the 12 million ton level. The largest decreases in catch came in Japan's distant water fisheries (down 12 percent from 1988) and offshore fisheries (down 8 percent from 1988). Japan's fisheries trade balance improved slightly in 1989, but overall fisheries trade was down from 1988. Japan exported 822,000 t of fishery products, valued at approximately $1.4 billion, while total fishery imports amounted to 2.3 million t, valued at $10.5 billion. The United States accounted for 21 percent of Japan's total fishery exports, while U.S. fishery products occupied 18 percent of the Japanese market in 1989. Fish prices on the domestic market were low in 1989 because of large inventories, the death of the Emperor Showa in January, strong competition from imports, and abundant catches of salmon, saury and squid.