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Seafood Show Osaka Pleased Exhibitors Despite 60% Drop in Visitors in Two Days

March 25, 2021 — The Japan Fisheries Association (JFA) organized the Seafood Show Osaka on March 17-18 at ATC Hall in Osaka. The show’s initial plan was February, but JFA postponed it due to COVID-19. The number of exhibitors was 270. Visitors totaled 5,474 for the two days, a significant 60% fall from the previous show in 2020.

The show management office continued the Seafood Show Tokyo‘s exact measure last September with extra caution to prevent the new coronavirus spread with visitors’ pre-registration, hands disinfection, and body temperature check.

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Violations of soft bluefin tuna cap may lead to TAC limit

February 6, 2017 — Japan’s Fishery Agency is likely to set a total allowable catch (TAC) for bluefin tuna, after a survey found problems with the current voluntary cap.

In January 2015, to show it was not ignoring bluefin tuna overfishing, the Japan Fisheries Agency (JFA), introduced voluntary limits on bluefin harvests in domestic waters. A system of alerts was included an “advisory” when catches hit 70 percent of the limit, an “alert” at 80 percent, a “special alert” at 90 percent, and a request for voluntary suspension of fishing at 95 percent.

In July 2016, JFA further changed its system. Previously, there were six bluefin management blocs – northern and western Sea of Japan, northern and southern Pacific Ocean, the Seto Inland Sea and the sea west of Kyushu – each with its own voluntary catch limit. In the new system, quotas were set by prefecture, with the warnings issued on a prefectural basis.

Read the full story at SeafoodSource.com