JAPAN FISH FARMERS TO GET IMPROVED SALES EFFICIENCY WITH NEW MARKET
November 1st, 2006
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
JAPAN'S key fish farming sector is being promised improved efficiency in sales and distribution, with work beginning in February on a state-of-the-art wholesale fishmarket, scheduled for operation on reclaimed land alongside Tokyo Bay by 2012.
The new Koto Ward market, yet to be named, will take over the functions of Tsukiji, the world's largest market for fish, including farmed species.
Indeed aquaculture products account for around 10% of the total bought and sold at this huge facility - now showing its age after occupying the same ...
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