In 2022, the skipjack and frigate mackerel output of Japanese marine fisheries amounted to approximately 182 thousand tons, down from about 252 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 2013 to 2022
(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 2018 comes from previous reporting.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan, & Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (September 27, 2023). Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, und Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2023). Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Production Volume of Skipjack and Frigate Mackerel through Marine Fishing in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan & Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Production volume of skipjack and frigate mackerel through marine fishing in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, & Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/762366/japan-bonito-production-volume/
