
日本Japan
青森Aomori
下北・八戸・深浦Shimokita, Hachinohe, Fukaura
太平洋側と日本海側の両方にウニの海を持つ県。統計でも太平洋北区314トン・日本海北区16トンと分かれて記録され、同じ県でも海が違うことが数字に出る。A prefecture with urchin on both coasts. The statistics record 314 t on the North Pacific side and 16 t on the Japan Sea side — the difference between two seas inside one prefecture, in numbers.
この海のことThis sea
- 漁場Grounds
- 下北半島(大間・佐井)、八戸沿岸、日本海側(深浦)Shimokita Peninsula (Ōma, Sai), Hachinohe coast, The Japan Sea side at Fukaura
- 漁獲量Landings
- 330 t (2023年・殻付き重量・農林水産省)(2023, whole in-shell weight, MAFF Japan)
- 天然/養殖Wild or farmed
- 天然Wild
- 漁法Method
- 素潜り・磯舟漁Free-diving and small-boat harvesting
- 主な餌Feed
- 昆布・ワカメKelp and wakame
- 漁期Season
- 月別の漁期を一次情報で確認できていない。Monthly season not confirmed from a primary source.
- 天然Wild harvest
ここにいるウニThe species here
Strongylocentrotidae
キタムラサキウニNorthern sea urchin
Mesocentrotus nudus (A. Agassiz, 1864)
日本の東北・北海道から朝鮮半島東岸、ロシア沿海地方まで。日本では北海道と三陸の主力種。Northern Japan (Tohoku and Hokkaido), the east coast of the Korean peninsula and the Russian Far East. One of the two species behind most of Japan's northern harvest.
身が大きく量が取れる。甘みはおだやかで、クリーミーな口あたりという評価が多い。Large gonads with good yield. Usually described as creamy with a gentler, less concentrated sweetness than Ezo-bafun.
学名の照合 name checked against WoRMS 591103 / 旧学名syn. Strongylocentrotus nudus
Strongylocentrotidae
エゾバフンウニEzo-bafun sea urchin
Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz, 1864)
北海道全域と東北北部、サハリン・沿海地方。日本でもっとも高値がつくウニのひとつ。Throughout Hokkaido and northern Tohoku, extending to Sakhalin and the Russian Far East. Commands some of the highest prices in the Japanese market.
キタムラサキウニより小ぶりだが、色が鮮やかで身が濃く、甘みが強いとされる。Smaller than M. nudus but more vividly coloured, with a denser texture and a stronger sweetness.
学名の照合 name checked against WoRMS 513570