How sushi went global

In: FP, Heft 121, S. 54-63

Abstract

Describes growing international popularity of sushi, which is processed from raw tuna and has traditionally been Japan's most popular seafood, how Japanese demand for highly prized bluefin tuna has fueled worldwide expansion of the tuna fish industry and fisheries, economics of the industry, and other issues. Sidebar on Tokyo's wholesale seafood market, Tsukiji, which is the center of the global tuna trade.