One of Japan's largest seafood companies, Kyokuyo, is teaming up with Canadian wholesaler Clear Ocean Seafood (COS) to establish a company to process and export scallops to the North American market.
The JPY 80 million (€485,549/$518,472) joint venture, Pacific Scallop Co, will be set up in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands and a major scallop production area.
Japanese scallops are becoming increasingly popular in international markets, wrote Kyokuyo in a press release, including in North America, and the company wants to be less dependent on overseas processing.
