Seafood consumption in Japan falls to all-time low, as people eat more meat

Fresh fish are displayed at a fish wholesale market in Wakkanai, Hokkaido. - Yomiuri Shimbun file photo

TOKYO: The nation’s seafood consumption has fallen to the lowest level on record, with annual per capita consumption dropping from 40.2kg in fiscal 2001 to 22kg in fiscal 2022, according to a white paper from the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry.

The government approved the white paper for fiscal 2023 on per capita consumption of seafood at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (June 11).