海に囲まれている日本、４０００種もある魚の内、市場で取引されているのは、わずか５０種だそうです。
時折網にかかる深海魚は、未知と、不気味さ故に捨てられていました。
ここで焼津の深海魚専門の漁師として２０年のキャリアのある長谷川久志さんは、まだまだ食べられる魚があることを証明し、小売店や料亭に行き、自分でさばき、お客さんに試食してもらったところ、安くておいしいと評判になり、深海魚の販路を広げています。
焼津の面する駿河湾は、世界一深く水深２５００mあります、長谷川さん曰く“深海魚の種類は１０００以上あるから、まだ出会っていない魚も沢山いる“と深海のロマンを語っています。
Deep-sea fish is not only reasonable but also tasty
4000 kinds of fish live in the sea around Japan but actually we eat only 50 kinds of them.
And also more than 1000 kinds of deep-sea fish live, but if deep-sea fish are caught among normal fish, they are thrown away because of its rare and ugly figure.
Hisasi Hasegawa has 20years career as a fisherman in Yaizu in Suruga bay.
He found some eatable deep-sea fish, and he brought one named Sakegarasi to small restaurants, fish shops and cut and made them dishes.
Then he offered customers to eat them then customers said “this is tasty.”
Now deep-sea fish has been getting popular and spreading its markets. Have you ever eaten deep-sea fish?
By the way, Suruga bay is 2500ms deep, it’s the deepest of water in the world.
Mr. Hasegawa says “most of Japanese don’t know about marine blessing , so there must be many fish we haven’t seen yet.” romantically.
