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Article: The Japanese abalone market.
- Article from:
- Marine Fisheries Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1989
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Although abalone is expensive in Japan, it is popular among Japanese consumers, who eat it in sashimi, Chinese food, and holiday gift preparations. There are five major abalone species consumed in Japan. The United States was the fourth-largest exporter of abalone to Japan in 1988.
Species
Japan's major abalone species are the Japanese abalone or kuro awabil" Nordotis discus; the giant abalone or "madaka awabi " N. gigantea; Siebold's abalone or "mekai awabil" N. gigantea seiboldii; the northern abalone or "ezo awabi," N. discus hannai; the tokobushi abalone or tokobushi;' Sulculus &versicolor; and a subspecies of the tokobushi abalone known as the ...