The name of “Maguro” comes from a fisherman who saw a swimming appear naming it, putting a black back from the sea surface in the Edo period.
Tuna inhabits the ocean area of ​​the whole world, but distribution area and habitat depth vary little by type.
Tuna is carnivorous and supplements surface and middle layer fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and so on.
In the ocean’s food chain it is a higher order consumer living along with whales.

The name of “Maguro” comes from a fisherman who saw a swimming appear naming it, putting a black back from the sea surface in the Edo period.
Tuna inhabits the ocean area of ​​the whole world, but distribution area and habitat depth vary little by type.
Tuna is carnivorous and supplements surface and middle layer fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and so on.
In the ocean’s food chain it is a higher order consumer living along with whales.

In the sea open the mouth and the lid cap and swim and breathe in the seawater going through here. If you stop swimming, you will suffocate, so you can not stop even at rest. As a result, since the life of tuna lives by swimming almost all swimming, muscle is well developed, and hemoglobin which plays a role of carrying oxygen to this muscle is also many.
In the sea open the mouth and the lid cap and swim and breathe in the seawater going through here. If you stop swimming, you will suffocate, so you can not stop even at rest. As a result, since the life of tuna lives by swimming almost all swimming, muscle is well developed, and hemoglobin which plays a role of carrying oxygen to this muscle is also many.
The grown tuna has a body length of 2 to 2.5 meters and a body weight of around 300 kilos, but since tuna is composed of muscle and fatty 70% of the whole body, the amount of meat that can be taken from one animal will be around 200 kg . Assuming that the average of sashimi to eat for adults is 100 grams, it is roughly 2 thousand peoples! Sushi and sashimi are the first examples of tuna dishes, but shabu-shabu and steaks are also popular. Also, the cuisine that baked tuna’s head also fits the table at the feast.
The grown tuna has a body length of 2 to 2.5 meters and a body weight of around 300 kilos, but since tuna is composed of muscle and fatty 70% of the whole body, the amount of meat that can be taken from one animal will be around 200 kg . Assuming that the average of sashimi to eat for adults is 100 grams, it is roughly 2 thousand peoples! Sushi and sashimi are the first examples of tuna dishes, but shabu-shabu and steaks are also popular. Also, the cuisine that baked tuna’s head also fits the table at the feast.

Tuna is not able to cover demand by domestic fishery alone, so we import a lot from all over the world.
Also, overseas, especially in recent years, the popularity of Japanese food in China has increased, the fishery to China has increased rapidly, and the demand for tuna is increasing internationally.
For that reason overfishing around the world is a problem, international protection of resources is called for.

In order to secure resources and protect the environment, it was decided to strengthen the sequential catch control at the international conference of last year, and some types of catch in Japan are to be reduced.

Tuna is not able to cover demand by domestic fishery alone, so we import a lot from all over the world.
Also, overseas, especially in recent years, the popularity of Japanese food in China has increased, the fishery to China has increased rapidly, and the demand for tuna is increasing internationally.
For that reason overfishing around the world is a problem, international protection of resources is called for.

In order to secure resources and protect the environment, it was decided to strengthen the sequential catch control at the international conference of last year, and some types of catch in Japan are to be reduced.