Squid migration falls below last year across the whole Sea of Japan: will Vietnamese squid and octopus come in instead?
Domestic squid is not being landed. The long-term fishing forecast for Japanese common squid in the Sea of Japan, released by the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency on July 31, 2026, put the August-to-December migration volume as "below the previous year across the whole Sea of Japan." All four sea areas—northern and central Hokkaido, southern Hokkaido and Tsugaru, the northern Honshu Sea of Japan, and the western Sea of Japan—are below the previous year...
