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Marubeni started sales of salmon produced by its Norwegian partner's farm near Mount Fuji. This move is part of a broader strategy by Japanese trading houses to diversify into the food business, particularly seafood. As Japan aims to increase domestic seafood consumption, wild and sea-farmed salmon have emerged as a critical focus area. Marubeni has invested in Danish Salmon, a major global land-based salmon producer, and is now handling sales for Proximar Seafood AS, a Norwegian company operating Japan's first land-based salmon farm. Proximar aims to produce 5,300 tons of salmon annually by 2027, which could account for approximately 10% of Japan's annual Atlantic salmon consumption.
Locally farmed salmon sold by Marubeni Corp. (photo credit: Kyodo)
Post-Smolt Grow-out Building (photo credit: Marubeni)
Locally farmed salmon sold by Marubeni Corp. (photo credit: Kyodo)
Marubeni-backed salmon farm starts Japan sales as part of diversification push
Wild and sea-farmed salmon is one of the areas Marubeni and its rivals have been targeting in Japan.
Japan trade houses push for locally farmed salmon as imports to peak
Major Japanese trade houses, led by Marubeni Corp., have been pushing for the land-based farming of salmon, a popular type of sushi and sashimi, in Japan, as supply from Norway is starting to peak.
Post-Smolt Grow-out Building (photo credit: Marubeni)
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Commencement of Sales of FUJI ATLANTIC SALMON, the First Land-farmed Atlantic Salmon in Japan
Commencement of Sales of FUJI ATLANTIC SALMON, the First Land-farmed Atlantic Salmon in Japan