Japan's Marouha Corporation is working to extract ingredients in fish that are considered healthy

On November 20th, Masaru Ikemi, president and CEO of Maruha Nichiro, Japan, answered a remembered question about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food industry, particularly seafood products: -What is the impact of the new crown virus on seafood products? Masaru Ikemi: Demand for high-end commercial frozen food and seafood has declined significantly due to fewer people going out, school closures, and a sharp decline in inbound tourists (foreign tourists visiting Japan).
The fishing industry continues to work and has expanded to overseas waters, such as Australia and Africa, but the inability to change crews in some countries and even some crew members (foreign crews) cannot return to their home countries as a result of national policies has resulted in low attendance at sea.
in aquaculture, bluefin tuna, yellow-tailedare not currently on the market.
now, you can buy high-end products such as tuna, scallops and crabs at a lower price.
has there been a positive performance in food sales during the 2000-1000s outbreak? Masaru Ikemi: Sales of frozen and canned products in April-June were up 20-30% year-on-year due to increased domestic consumer demand.
food is still doing well, with an increase of more than 10%.
sales of canned pet food initially increased moderately, but also steadily during the outbreak, with canned pets selling 20 to 30 percent more than human-eaten canned goods, with high profit margins.
- What will you do for the future? Masaru Ikemi: We have to assume that consumption is family-centric, for example, frozen food used to be just one of the lunch side dishes, and now frozen food tastes and tastes have improved a lot.
For families that don't have time to cook, such as two-worker families, we find ways to serve not a dish, but a staple and side dish, as well as frozen food with seafood ingredients, which is what the company excels at."
-2010, when Maruha first proposed full privatization of bluefin tuna and began marketing it in 2015, is it difficult for the University and other research teams to focus on the study of tuna eggs? Masaru Ikemi: Bluefin tuna resources in Japanese waters are drying up due to overfishing.
the need for sustainable management, it is the mission of the fisheries company to achieve aquaculture development.
Normally, bluefin tuna is acquired and farmed, still dependent on natural resources, and the process of artificially hatching eggs, raising them from childish fish to forming fish, and then spawning, also requires conformity with the laws of nature.
I gave up at one point, and improving the survival rate of thousands of fish eggs is critical, from egg farms to farms, every step must meet scientific requirements and be explained scientifically.
tuna doesn't go on sale if it hits the net, which requires a lot of money and effort.
bluefin tuna has a longer breeding cycle and a greater cost than the average aquaculture, but when European buyers are willing to pay the bills for scientific farming, this bioscience farming is value-added.
, however, Japan has yet to feel the excitement of added value, and the business environment has become more difficult with the COVID-19 pandemic.
we remain grateful to natural resources for giving the company the opportunity to celebrate its 140th anniversary, and we will continue to fulfill our business mission as a leader in sustainable fishery resources.
, Masaru Ikemi points out that as society ages, there is more and more home care and a growing demand for baby food.
because of the shortage of labor in hospitals and nursing facilities, it is difficult to provide home-made care food, if lactating food can be eaten as frozen food, there is a new way of life.
using enzymatic techniques to soften raw materials and make fish and meat with different hardness depending on the ability to chew, should focus on extracting ingredients from fish that are considered to be beneficial to health.
statistics, the world's annual per capita fish consumption of 20 kg, with the growth of the population, the market will further expand, fisheries is a growing industry.
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