Japan is world’s largest tuna consumer with estimated supply of the major five tuna species combined at 303,000 metric tons on a semi-processed product basis in 2013.
However, supply is dropping, with a 40,000-metric ton decrease on the previous year and a 200,000 metric ton decrease in comparison to 1990.
But as farmed tuna production is ramping up -- hitting a five-year high in 2014 -- new supply opportunities might open up in the saturated market.
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