Shirasu eel fishes required for eel farming are done from winter to spring, but this season the amount of shirasu eel which was put in a cultivation pond by the end of December last year due to extreme fishing is the previous year It remained at 3% of the same period of the year.

Saito Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries revealed at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on June 6, according to the latest summary until the end of last month, it is only about 10% of the same period of the previous year.

In addition to the fact that domestic shirasu eel catches are declining greatly, as China and Taiwan are also unfished, the amount of imports has declined greatly, We are concerned about whether we can respond to peak demand.

At a press conference, Minister Saito said, "Since nearly 80% of the eels that are supplied in the summer of the year is raised with the eel cinnabar that was caught in the previous season, it is not extremely deficient Deaf "and emphasized that the influence is limited in summer summer.

Just because the majority of the eels consumed in the country depend on cultivation, if fishing continues, there is a possibility that eel supplies will be affected after summer 's summer.