LOVE Sanuki's report

68th Olive Red Sea Bream

One of the major projects of Yoshimoto, "A project to live in your town", to make Japan feel good from the area. Entertainer "Kaji Tsuyoshi" who lives in Kagawa reports on local products.

Following Olive Hamachi and Olive, "Olive Red Sea Bream" was born in 2018, which is a collaboration between Kagawa Prefecture's prefectural flowers and prefectural tree olives and farmed fish.
In November of the shipping season, I came to the Aioi fishing port in Higashikagawa, a fish farm.

• 

  The secret of deliciousness is the olive leaves mixed in the food

  The Aioi fishing port is located on the eastern edge of Kagawa prefecture, in the south, overlooking the Sanuki Mountains.
  "Olive red sea bream is a new brand fish from Kagawa prefecture that was born in 2018," said Mitani, who runs the aquaculture industry.
  It is known that olive leaf powder is contained in the food of the senior brand fish "Olive Hamachi" and "Olive Yellowtail".

• 

  “Because it is named olive, does olive red sea bream also contain olive leaves,” says Kaji.
  “Olive red sea bream has 1.5% or more of olive leaf powder kneaded into the granular food, and it is a condition of olive red sea bream to give it for 20 days or more before shipping,” says Mitani.
  "Since storms occur (the sea gets rough due to wind and rain) and we sometimes can't feed, we have been feeding olive leaves for about a month."

• 

  Olive red sea bream that grows freely in a cage with a depth of 15 m

  Olive red sea bream is cultivated in several places in Kagawa prefecture, such as the Hiketa area and the Mure area.The fish farm is about 10 minutes offshore from the Aioi fishing port by boat.
  “The water depth off the coast of Hiketa is as deep as 20m, so it is suitable for aquaculture,” says Mitani.

• 

  The depth of the farmed cage is 15m, and the fish can swim freely.Even if a red tide occurs, the fish can escape deeper, so it has the advantage of being less susceptible to damage.
  Mr. Mitani's cage raises 12,000 olive red sea bream, and 1 to 500 olive red sea bream are landed and shipped at one time according to the order (1,000).

• 

  Landing in the morning calm where the waves are calm

  Shipment of olive red sea bream will start in October.
  From autumn to winter, the wind blows from the northwest in the Seto Inland Sea, and the waves often rise in the afternoon.Therefore, the landing is done at dawn "Asanagi" where the waves are relatively calm.
  When the sky was white, the fishing boat departed from Aioi Fishing Port.

• 

  Attach a fishing boat to the side of the cage and drop a large net on the cage with a length and width of 12m and a depth of 15m.
  Collect olive red sea bream in the net and draw it near the ship.The olive red sea bream is scooped up with a large rake net large enough for people to fit in and transferred to a fishing boat.Scooping with a net dozens of times is a lot of hard work.

• 

  Immediately after landing, I returned to Aioi Fishing Port and sorted by size.To prevent the olive red sea bream from being damaged during transportation, we put each one in a special case and load it live on the truck before shipping.

• 

  Olive red sea bream is sold at supermarkets in Kagawa prefecture.
  "The brand logo sticker is a landmark, so if you see it, please pick it up."

• 

  1.4 times more collagen

  “If you want to taste the deliciousness of olive red sea bream, sashimi is the best. Kaji-san, please try it,” says Mitani.The sashimi olive red sea bream is characterized by its beautiful pink blood and transparent white meat.Recommended by Mitani-san, Kaji-san took a bite of sashimi.
  "This is delicious. It's soft. It doesn't smell like fish at all."

• 

  "Olive red sea bream has 1.4 times more collagen than normal red sea bream, and although the collagen is plentiful, it has few streaks and produces a soft touch. It has a light taste even though it is oily. . "
  "This is the effect of olive leaves. It's great to eat delicious food and it's good for your skin," Kaji nodded to the effect of olive leaves.
  Mr. Mitani talked about his desire to deliver the deliciousness of Kagawa Prefecture's brand fish "Olive Red Sea Bream" to everyone in Japan.

Share this report!

Past reports

• 

  

  The 22nd peach

• 

  

  Summer 2006

• 

  

  17th Nori

• 

  

  Spring 2010