In 2020, the skipjack and frigate mackerel output of Japanese marine fisheries amounted to approximately 170 thousand tons, down from a production volume of 237 thousand tons in the previous year. In Japanese cuisine, bonito is frequently used as katsuobushi (bonito flakes).
Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2011 to 2020
(in 1,000 tons)
*Provisional figure.
Figures for 2011 exclude data lost for Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Data prior to 2016 comes from previous reporting.
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Statistics Bureau Japan, & Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (September 21, 2021). Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau Japan, und Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau Japan, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2021). Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau Japan, and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Production Volume of Skipjack and Frigate Mackerel through Marine Fishing in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau Japan & Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/ (last visited January 25, 2022)
