Yellowtail / Amberjack

Latin Name | Seriola quinqueradiata

Region of Origin | Kagoshima, Japan

Farmed or Wild | Farmed

Method of Harvest | Marine net pen (sea)

Product Format | Individually vacuum-packed skinless loin

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Sustainability Highlights

  • Despite the environmental concerns of conventional farmed yellowtail, this farm performs significantly above average. 

  • The farm level production is characterized by high water quality, sustainable feed sourcing, responsible therapeutant practices and low disease occurrence. 

  • Disease monitoring of wild yellowtail populations takes place to ensure no negative disease impacts are taking place from farming operations. 

  • Farm operates beside an active volcano that erupts more than 100 times per day