Q170Which seafood is popular with the Japanese?

A170Tuna is the most popular. The 2006 figures for annual house-hold seafood consumption show that the average person consumed 906 grams of tuna (valued at 2,125 yen). The next most popular seafood was prawns, with consumption at 644 grams (1, 195 yen), followed by salmon with 931 grams (1,264 yen) consumed. The wholesale value of tuna and swordfish imports increased from 186.5 billion yen in 1994 to 233.7 billion yen in 2004. Formerly, Japan's deep-sea fishing industry's hauls accounted for most of the world catch, but with the increasing imports of cheap farmed tuna from Australia and other countries, the deep-sea fishing industry has found it difficult to remain profitable.