Prices of scallops and “namako” sea cucumbers that are popular in China had dropped in various parts of Japan. Of the 83.6 billion yen ($567 million) in seafood exports to China in 2022 ...
In early August, large trucks were seen carrying ocean-fresh scallops into processing factories at Monbetsu Port facing the Sea of Okhotsk. August is the peak season for scallop harvesting.
Now, the scallop population has grown each year since 2018, and about 10,000 acres of sea grasses are thriving again. In 2013, there were 0.005 scallops per square meter, and now there are 0.07 ...