Product Summary (Registration No.84)

Registration No.84 豊島タチウオ

Registered name (Transcription) : 豊島タチウオ（Toyoshima Tachiuo）
Reference information : Toyoshima Cutlass Fish

Category of product

Class 4 : Marine product(Cutlass Fish)

Production Area

Hiroshima Prefecture Seas off the coast of Toyoshima, Toyohama-cho, Kure City

Registered Group

Kure Toyoshima Fisheries Cooperative

Characteristics

Toyoshima Tachiuo (largehead hairtail or Japanese cutlassfish) is highly rated by the market for its excellent freshness achieved by rigorously implemented freshness-keeping measures, and for its blemish-free appearance, achieved by pole-and-line fishing knowhow passed down through many generations of local fisherpeople.

Link with the Production Area

The waters off Toyoshima is an excellent fishing ground due to its variable currents that attract sand lances and other small fish. Toyoshima Tachiuo is shipped with minimum damage to its flawless appearance and minimum loss of freshness. This is achieved by applying traditional pole-and-line fishing methods to tachiuo fishing, and by rigorously implementing freshness-keeping measures including completing on the vessel the entire process of selection, covering the fish with ice, and bleeding.