SEAFOOD
Red sea bream (farmed) production by prefecture
Ehime Prefecture grows or catches the most red sea bream (farmed) in Japan: 39,114 t, 57.2% of the national total. Next come Kumamoto Prefecture and Kochi Prefecture. This survey covers the main producing prefectures only; prefectures not listed were not surveyed.
| Rank | Prefecture | Output (t) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ehime Prefecture | 39,114 | 57.2% |
| #2 | Kumamoto Prefecture | 10,717 | 15.7% |
| #3 | Kochi Prefecture | 7,070 | 10.3% |
| #4 | Mie Prefecture | 3,547 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Nagasaki Prefecture | 1,762 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Wakayama Prefecture | 1,633 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Shizuoka Prefecture | 1,196 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Kagoshima Prefecture | 1,137 | 1.7% |
| #9 | Miyazaki Prefecture | 1,109 | 1.6% |
| #10 | Oita Prefecture | 351 | 0.5% |
| #11 | Kagawa Prefecture | 271 | 0.4% |
| #12 | Tokushima Prefecture | 168 | 0.2% |
| #13 | Saga Prefecture | 117 | 0.2% |
| #14 | Fukui Prefecture | 54 | 0.1% |
| #15 | Hiroshima Prefecture | 40 | 0.1% |
| #16 | Yamaguchi Prefecture | 17 | 0.0% |
| — | Japan total | 68,439 | 100% |
Source: MAFF, Crop Statistics Survey / Marine Fishery Production Statistics (e-Stat, 2024 final). Aquaculture counts harvested output.
EAT
Who eats the most?
The city that buys the most is Saga (Saga Prefecture), at 2.9× the national average per household. The prefecture that grows it most and the one that buys it most are different.
Q&A
Common questions
Which prefecture produces the most red sea bream (farmed) in Japan?
Ehime Prefecture, with 39,114 t (57.2% of the national total) in 2024, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.
Where in Japan do people buy the most red sea bream (farmed)?
Saga (Saga Prefecture) households buy 2.9× the national average (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2023–2025 average).