国産魚介類、消費減止まらず　需要に即した生産課題―水産白書

　政府は３日の閣議で、２０２１年度の水産白書を決定した。国産魚介類の消費減少に歯止めがかからない一方、輸入品の消費量は横ばいで推移している状況を紹介。魚介類の自給率引き上げを目指す中、国産品の需要拡大に向け生産や販売面で「消費者ニーズを踏まえた施策の展開」を課題に挙げた。
　白書によると、１人当たりの魚介類の年間消費量は０１年度の４０．２キロをピークに減少が続き、２０年度は２３．４キロまで落ち込んだ。価格の高さや調理に手間がかかることなどが要因という。（2022/06/03-08:47）

A Japanese government annual paper Friday called for launching policy measures designed to expand consumption of domestically produced fishery products as part of efforts to increase the country's self-sufficiency rate for seafood.
   While Japan's consumption of domestic seafood has continued to slump, that of imported fishery products has remained flat, according to the fiscal 2021 white paper on trends in fishery products, adopted at the day's cabinet meeting.
   The white paper cited the importance of launching measures on the production and marketing fronts based on consumer needs in a bid to improve the self-sufficiency rate.
   Japan's per capita annual consumption of seafood fell to 23.4 kilograms in fiscal 2020 after peaking at 40.2 kilograms in fiscal 2001, due chiefly to high prices of fishery products as well as time and effort needed for cooking them, according to the paper.
   By contrast, the country's annual consumption of imported fishery products stayed at some 10 kilograms over the past decade, reflecting the popularity of such imported seafood as salmon and tuna that are relatively easy to cook.