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The arrival of saury, the flavor of autumn, in Miyagi Prefecture has finally begun to continue steadily, and expectations for the upcoming season are high. Fish market in Kesennuma on the morning of November 4th. Two large saury fishing vessels entered the port and unloaded a total of 218 tons of saury. This year, the saury fishing season on large boats, which are the mainstay of the saury fishery, opened on August 10, 10 days earlier than usual, but since the fishery was mainly in the open sea, 1000 km from Hokkaido, the catches were concentrated in Hokkaido. Since the fishing location has moved closer to Kesennuma, fish have been consistently caught at the Kesennuma town fish market since late last month. Fishing for Pacific saury continues until the end of December each year. Fisheries officials are also looking forward to the final stages of the season as catches finally pick up. Taiki Inoue, 8th Taikimaru’s fisheries chief: “We’re seeing small numbers of them in Japanese waters, so if they continue to get into Japanese waters, I think it will last about another month.” Kesennuma Fisheries Cooperative Board Member Yasushi Usui “We have been visiting the port continuously since late October, so we have high hopes for the future.” As of the 1st of this month, 30 boats entered the Kesennuma City Fish Market and unloaded 2,213 tons of fish. . Although the number of vessels is 59 fewer than in the same period last year, the number is still higher.