Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | |
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Young known to migrate eastward to off the coast of North America, returning with growth to Japan. Also Ref. 168, 6885. Marketed fresh or deep frozen; the belly portion fetches particularly high prices when containing much fat. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html |